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France
For senior French civil servants, the DGSE becomes an administration like any other

A decree published in late November introduces changes to the recruitment, promotion and management of administrators at the foreign intelligence service.

Australia, United Kingdom
CT Group suffers brain drain after media and legal exposure

In three separate lawsuits, doubts have been cast as to the authenticity of bank statements, database excerpts and real estate estimates that CT Group provided to its lawyers. Now, weeks later, the company's senior executives are leaving in droves.

United States
Crypto firm Tether enters Trump administration flush with allies in Washington

The company has employed the services of several lobbyists with close connections to the Trump administration. It also has close business ties with the US president-elect's nominee for Commerce Secretary.

UAE
Sprawling Abu Dhabi airport dispute comes to a head as arbitration decisions released

The 2021 decision by Abu Dhabi Airports to cancel a construction contract on the Midfield Terminal building resulted in a cascade of arbitration disputes. Some pitted government-owned entities against one another. With hundreds of millions of dollars at stake, UAE lawyers are watching their inboxes.

The Tech Telegraph
Orbital Sidekick poaches from NGA again, Jeremy Fetiveau heads Epsilon, Norway takes on drones

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT with a dose of cyber, we report every Thursday on the events big and small that matter in the technical intelligence community.

WashingtonEx-NGA special programmes executive joins Orbital Sidekick

BarcelonaL3Harris Trenchant vet Jeremy Fetiveau takes reins of zero-day hunter Epsilon

OsloNorwegian Defence Materiel Agency gets air force anti-drone programme underway