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The Agencies' Gazette
Departures from CIA director's office, LFI insist on foreign interference, BND/foreign affairs disagreements exposed

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

United StatesCIA director's executive office staffers head to private sector

FranceFar-left MPs launch new appeal against foreign interference law

GermanyIntelligence/foreign affairs divisions come under closer scrutiny

The Tech Telegraph
Alon Kantor steps back from Toka, Jeremy Fleming joins Nihon Cyber Defence, DGSI hunting deputy technical director

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

Tel AvivAlon Kantor gradually taking back seat in Toka

LondonEx-GCHQ boss Jeremy Fleming joins Nihon Cyber Defence

ParisDGSI on the lookout for new deputy technical director

Defence ministry poised to award first low-cost drone contract to Turgis Gaillard

The French defence procurement agency, DGA, has launched a consultation with a view to obtaining a system of three medium-altitude long endurance UAVs. Turgis & Gaillard's Aarok drone seems set to clinch the deal.

Paris set to finalise order for Saab GlobalEye surveillance aircraft

The French army is about to officially announce plans to acquire a Saab GlobalEye surveillance aircraft, which consist of an airborne early warning and control system fitted to a Bombardier Global 6000 jet.

Despite France's political crisis, Paris and Kyiv try to push ahead with Mirage project

Following the second round of French parliamentary elections on 7 July, the absence of a majority in the National Assembly means that it is uncertain whether France will continue to provide strong air support to Ukraine.

The Agencies' Gazette
Sideswipe in French Senate, high representative for Tibet, Russian security council

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

FranceIntelligence watchdog takes swipe at former spy chief

Europe/TibetThe battle for a high representative

RussiaInformation security expert climbs another rung at security council

Ex-private investigator Ralph Ward-Jackson back in business with advisers focused on Iran and former Soviet countries

The businessman Ward-Jackson is moving into the litigation PR sector, which is increasingly in vogue in London. And he is relying on the Paris-based lawyer Ardavan Amir-Aslani, who is known for his Iranian expertise.

Spotlight
Far-right RN's intelligence approach consists of shadowy advisers and a silent former MP

France's far-right Rassemblement National party, which is bent on making Jordan Bardella prime minister, is cautious when it comes to intelligence. While an adviser to the party's leaders is keeping a close eye on the matter, its former member of a parliamentary intelligence delegation has kept a very low profile.

France's intercepted intelligence data to be centralised by 2027

The French intelligence-gathering techniques watchdog CNCTR has set 2027 as the target for all data collected by intelligence techniques to be centralised and remotely accessible for controls, despite pushback from some agencies.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Naxo, Kim Darroch, Mission Essential, Marc Iacono

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

New YorkAndrew Rosini joins cyber investigator Naxo

LondonKim Darroch secures new consultancy seat

WashingtonDaniel Soller switches from Touchstone Futures to Mission Essential

FranceMarc Iacono made to pay his taxes

Secret Franco-German military research centre exploits battlefield feedback from Ukraine

The Institut Saint-Louis, which is under the authority of the French and German defence ministries, is using feedback from the conflict in Ukraine to develop disruptive drone, interception and AI systems.