ALL ARTICLES - United States

Private security veteran John Holmes has eyes on Ukraine

The former chairman of corporate intelligence firm Quintel is actively lobbying in the US to carve out a place in the Ukrainian security market.

The Tech Times
France's DGSE turns to LLM, US cracks down on cyber industry, Preligens' Rennes changes

Paris
French intelligence service focuses on Large Language Models

Washington
Congress ponders cyber-intelligence sanctions

Rennes
Preligens restructures ahead of funding round

Spotlight
From opposite sides, Tapei and Beijing both lobbying for African American support

A battle pitching Tapei's lobbyists Empire Consulting against Beijing's U.S. Exchange Foundation for Black support is raging in Washington. Empire has close ties to the Congressional Black Caucus, a chief target of both sides.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Avisa parties, Alexandre Benalla in London, Strider Technologies, T&M USA

London
Avisa's relaunch parties

London/Paris
Alexandre Benalla bounces back in London

London
David Kilby quits Herminius for Strider Technologies

New York
Ex-FBI chief Thomas Sheer advises T&M USA

Huang and Chen, the Kuomintang's deft Washington duo

Taiwan's Kuomintang has deployed envoys Alexander Huang and Admiral Richard Chen to Washington to change the traditional view that the opposition party is always close to Beijing, before looming presidential elections in both countries.

The Intelligence Gazette
Voatz vs Minsk, Russkiy Mir, biometric controls in Israel, Wang Yi in DC

US/Belarus
Belarusian opposition in talks with secure online voting platform Voatz

Russia
Tolstoy descendant to promote Russian soft power

Israel
Biometric cameras against foreign spies

China/United States
Wang Yi expected in Washington in early October

Behind competition with China, SilentBarker spy satellite reveals rivalries between US agencies

The US agency responsible for satellite observation, the NRO, was uncharacteristically vocal about the recent launch of its first SilentBarker geostationary space surveillance system. Its communication campaign pits it against China and Russia... but also its partners at Space Force.

The Jeff Shockey Story: From Washington star to central player in congressional scandals and back again with Raytheon

A former congressional aide with ties to convicted grifter Jack Abramoff and a number of other badly tainted former members of Congress, Shockey has made a considerable comeback as Raytheon's top lobbyist. Disclosure filings show his current duties include seeking funding from the 2024 Intelligence Authorization Act.

Spotlight
NATO experts and Ukrainian drone operators hold secret meeting

Ukrainian drone operators shared their feedback with NATO drone squadrons at a meeting at the organisation's base in Kalkar, Germany.

The Tech Times
Snowpack goes global, Beacon Red in Singapore, MIL Corp helps NAWCAD in cyber

Paris
Snowpack turns to RB 42 for international business development

Singapore
Beacon Red showcases offensive cyber technologies

Washington
NAWCAD draws on MIL Corp's cyber expertise

Spotlight
Corporate intel firms snap up national security talents ahead of election campaign

WestExec, Pallas and Beacon Global have all taken on former CIA and Pentagon officials affiliated with both parties. The 2024 presidential candidates are sure to view industry firms as oases to find political advisers and, for the winner, the staff for the new administration.

The conservative push against the surveillance law

The Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability, a nonpartisan group that tilts heavily to the right, is at the forefront of the conservative campaign to reform -- or kill -- Section 702 of FISA, which allows the government to collect communications between US citizens and targeted foreigners.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Tikehau , Nardello, Alaco, Avisa

Paris/London
French fund Tikehau invests in UK corporate intelligence with Antithesis

Los Angeles
Wendy Wu joins Nardello's expanding California office

London/New York
Former FBI agent Robert Heuchling anchors Alaco in the US

Paris
Avisa bolsters its ethics committee

Ethics board investigates politicians' free use of GOP donor's private plane

Greg Mosing makes his $27m jet available to elected officials such as Trumpist candidate Kristi Noem and fellow Louisianan Jeff Landry, a former congressman now running for governor. The ethics board in his home state is reviewing Landry's free use of the plane.

Disgraced fashion mogul Peter Nygard's libel prosecution may have hacking-for-hire epilogue

Fallout from the ENRC/Azima hacking-for-hire saga continues, with the revelation that Nick del Rosso, a key figure in the case, worked for recently-sued fashion mogul Peter Nygard.

Pentagon to renew contracts of Eastern Europe port service providers

Washington is reviewing the contracts of service providers for US Transportation Command boats at a Polish port and two Romanian ports, as the Department of Defence reshapes its military activities amid the war in Ukraine.

Spotlight
Intelligence Authorization Act's expected gravy train prompts Capitol Hill lobbying stampede

Lobbyists from the intelligence and defence industry are poised for battle ahead of the vote on the intelligence budget, which exceeds $100bn for the first time.

Kroll at centre of Bulgari heiresses' bitter family feud over $129m trust

Ilaria Bulgari retained the investigative firm to prove her sister Veronica acted improperly as a trustee for their mother's estate. With a fight over a Kroll report apparently resolved, a settlement to the lengthy dispute could be at hand.