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Spotlight | Turkey, UAE
Abu Dhabi builds rapprochement with Turkey through electronic warfare industry

Electronic warfare firms are a major part of the current defence industry negotiations between Turkey and the UAE, which have yet to reach an agreement on the sensitive issues of the terms and financing of partnerships.

Subscribers only Cybersecurity

Government Intelligence

United States
US Department of Commerce struggles with security glitches amid global economic battle

As the US wakes up to its counter-espionage and security gaps, which seem to be particularly prevalent within the Department of Commerce, its new risk management office is having to deal with strategic economic threats and the department's inability to move on from its troubled past in the field.

Subscribers only Defence

Kyrgyzstan
Spymaster Tashiev wins friends and influence in politics and security

Head of the State Committee for National Security (GKNB) Kamchybek Tashiev.© Igor Kovalenko/EPA/MaxPPP

The career politician and head of the State Committee for National Security is acutely aware of the value in strengthening his support base and popularity among the general population, which he achieves in part through the financing of infrastructure and equipment projects.

Subscribers only Agencies

International Dealmaking

Lebanon
Lebanon's Selcom Marine interfaces with US and French shipyards

The well-connected Selwan family's company Selcom Marine brokered the sale of vessels from US company Safe Boats International to the Lebanese Army.

Subscribers only Corporate Intel

Corporate Intelligence

Ukraine, United States
Former CIA officer and bestselling author Robert Baer lobbies for arms shipments to Ukraine

Former CIA officer Robert Baer in 2005.© Monika Graff/UPI Photo/Alamy banque d'images

The ex-CIA operative Bob Baer has taken on an unpaid mission for Kyiv to convince the US Congress to speed up arms shipments to Ukraine. The first-time lobbyist, whose client is the Ukrainian military intelligence agency, will also be communicating with the Pentagon but not with his former employer, with whom ties remain frayed.

Subscribers only Breaking News, Corporate Intel

Surveillance & Interception

Israel
Cyber export specialists enjoy booming legal advice market

Facing tougher export controls, Israeli cyberintelligence companies are in increasing need of help navigating regulations. Specialist legal advisers are making the most of a flourishing, niche market.

Subscribers only Cybersecurity

The Tech Telegraph
ODNI pores over cyberintel industry, Fabian Kaiser moves to ISTARI Global, Sacha Bailly heads Dataminr's defence sales and Belgian spyware

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

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