The dismissal of general Yahya Rahim Safavi as commander in chief of the Revolutionary Guards (Pasdarans), who was replaced on August 31 by his long-standing rival, Mohamed Ali Jaafari Sahrourdi , has disrupted the balance of power in Iran to [.
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Seeking for some years to develop collaborative tools for intelligence analysts, the DNI is turning to the private sector to come up with solutions.
On Sept. 3, colonel Denis Favier took over command of France’s elite paramilitary unit Groupe d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale [...]
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According to our sources, several European Commission security officials are about to leave office. This is the case, for instance, [...]
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A shake-up in Italian intelligence that prime minister Romano Prodi ordered early this year (IOL 535/539) has been completed. Approved [...]
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On the cutting edge in electro-magnetic and space intelligence, the US. Air Force would also like to have an effective human intelligence capability as well.
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Switzerland's Parliament is seeking to bring the country's domestic and foreign intelligence agencies under the one roof but the government has resisted the call.
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With France on the point of merging its Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST) and the police intelligence agency Renseignement Generaux (RG) major changes are also in store for the military agencies DRM and DPSD.
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A report by Germany's counter-espionage agency claims Chinese intelligence is using Trojan horses to infiltrate federal agencies.
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To defend itself against Fatah as well as Israel, Hamas has set up several special forces units and a new intelligence service.
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Replaced last week as defence minister by Masahiko Komura, Yuriko [...]
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After several years of silence, the co-founder of the Popular [...]
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The Defense Intelligence Agency is about to issue a call [...]
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When Robert Hannigan takes over from Richard Mottram as prime [...]
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The OECD is setting up a unit to advise failed states on farming out essential government duties to the private sector.
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Former FBI director Louis Freeh is in the process of forming a new investigative concern and consultancy, Freeh Group International.
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After acquiring a lot of highly-sought expertise in airline security, several former Shin Bet officials have set up a consultancy specializing in homeland security.
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The new business intelligence outfit Veracity Worldwide counts a former head of Britain's MI6 and the Middle East director of CIA among its advisers.
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Two former officials from the French foreign intelligence agency DGSE, Pierre-Antoine Lorenzi and Alexandre Hollander, have just launched Amarante International.
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The "President Saparurat Niazov International Fund" is being wound up [...]
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A firm headed by former U.S. energy secretary Spencer Abraham, [...]
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Announced in July by Saudi Arabia's interior minister, prince Nayef [...]
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The undersecretary of defense for intelligence, James Clapper, awarded a [...]
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Colonel Guillaume Capois has been appointed security chief of the European Aeronautics, Defense and Space company in France. Up to [...]
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The Inkerman Group, a British security and private intelligence firm founded by a former senior intelligence official at Britain’s Ministry [...]
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The American public relations giant Omnicom is penning contracts with Vladimir Putin 's government. One of its British subsidiaries, Gavin [...]
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Long represented in the U.S. by Bannerman & Associates, which also acts as lobbyist for the Palestinian Authority president Mahmud [...]
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Appointed by decree on Aug. 27 as director of the [...]
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The new security strong-man for Hamas in the Gaza strip [...]
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Under-director of the French foreign ministry’s security and personal protection [...]
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Re-named Axis & Co., the firm founded in early 2006 [...]
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