France
DGSE recruitment drive hampered by security vetting procedures

France, Ukraine
Leader of French military's Task Force Ukraine decamping to private sector

Nicolas Le Nen's mission as the head of Task Force Ukraine within France's ministry of armed forces will soon end, and he's already eyeing up work away from the public sector.

The Agencies' Gazette
DGSE's missing bigwig, SIS's white male problem, Beijing's Moscow capital curbs

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

France Glaring no-show at Émié's DGSE leaving do

UK Despite the positive PR, SIS still overly white and male

China/Russia CCP checks Moscow money transfers

Germany
German budget crisis puts strain on intelligence recruitment

With the German authorities still trying to reach agreement on the 2024 budget, the BND is struggling to recruit, due to a lack of financial visibility, and the government's increasingly stringent gender policy requirements.

France
The 'little secrets' of the DGSE's 2024 budget

The documents used to prepare the French foreign intelligence service's 2024 budget allocation give a number of indications regarding the agency's functioning and operations.

France
Frogtrust's difficulties prompt reorganisation of Cristal Group's cyber activities

Ex-lawyer Kevin Rivaton's Cristal Group is parting ways with former DGSE technical director Yves Mathian and restructuring its cyber activities under its Cristal Celteam subsidiary.

France
DGSE launches legal action against second ex-spy over memoir

After several weeks' hesitation, the French external intelligence service has taken legal action against two former agents, whom it accuses of breaching official defence secrets in the books they have written about their experiences.

Spotlight | France
France's DGSE thwarts parliamentary bid to impose tighter control over interceptions

France's interceptions watchdog, the CNCTR, will not have closer scrutiny of audio and video recordings made by the intelligence services, a planned move that has been axed from the country's military appropriations bill.

The Agencies' Gazette
NASA/Roscosmos, DGSE, Beijing's central military committee

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we bring you news from the US, Russia, France and China.

United States/Russia Roscosmos to provide security to NASA officers

France Senators see through DGSE recruitment numbers

China Security bodies directly answerable to Xi Jinping

France
DPR to mount united front in the French Senate in support of CNCTR

While intelligence controls were left out of debates on the military planning law at France's Assemblée Nationale, senators are now putting the issue firmly back on the agenda.