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Ex-CIA officer to Mintz, ADIT boss releases book, Hakluyt's cyber experts reunite, Disruptive Industries expands, Qatar lobbyists in DC

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

WashingtonBrooke Berg moves from Nardello to Mintz

ParisADIT boss turns to clients and consultants for new book

LondonNew consultancy for former Hakluyt cyber specialists

Washington/LondonBritish data provider Disruptive Industries strengthens US presence

Washington/DohaQatar renews its Republican connections

United States
US Homeland Security gives open source intelligence reporting a boost

Lagging behind in its use of open source intelligence reporting, the Department of Homeland Security's intelligence office has set up a new dedicated division in a bid to better use the technique to collect and analyse domestic security threats.

UAE, United States
The US business network helping Dubai's Hussain Sajwani realise his data centre plans

Emirati property mogul Hussain Sajwani received a stream of American tech executives and financiers prior to his announcement, in early January, shortly before Donald Trump's inauguration, of a $20bn investment in the United States.

France
French military counter-intelligence takes action over online leaks from fledgling defence AI agency

Researchers from France's recently-formed defence AI agency AMIAD have been posting their work online to contribute to scientific research. This is not to the liking of the French military counter-intelligence directorate DRSD which believes sensitive information is being leaked.

France
With ECHR ruling in its favour, French intelligence turns focus on new national strategy

In a case that lasted a decade, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on 16 January that journalists' and lawyers' challenges to French intelligence-gathering techniques were inadmissible. While the ruling dealt a hard blow to the plaintiffs, it is a victory for the intelligence services which are now free to look ahead to the next national intelligence strategy.