Trump report : a cold shower for intelligence sector

Russia and Ukraine expose each other's intelligence agents in their efforts to win propaganda war 

The Russian and Ukrainian intelligence services are happy to showcase information about their own activities when they make arrests or score counter-intelligence successes but revealing the identities of the other side's intelligence agents is another well-tried weapon in their propaganda war. [...]

Washington moulds new multilateral strategy in 'China Initiative' follow-up 

After pressure from the FBI, the 'China Initiative' has undergone an official name change. Washington is now keen to take a harder line and involve its Indo-Pacific allies in a drive to both rid itself of spies and protect itself from the Chinese Communist Party. [...]

• LONDON - CR Investigations primed for 2022 with new Russia-facing recruits.

• LONDON - Elliott counts on Boris Johnson's ex-PR whiz. 

• WASHINGTON - Ex-CIA agent Raiole moves into fair trade. 

• PARIS - No longer advising Huawei, Alexandre Medvedowsky pushes for sovereign consulting.
  

• WASHINGTON - Nardello hires ex-DEA agent for DC office.

Wall Street's biggest users of private investigators settle their scores in battle over Universal 

The future of music industry giant Universal will be settled in Paris tomorrow by "activist" investment companies. All the protagonists, who include Daniel Loeb and Bill Ackman, are big users of private investigators for their corporate raiding operations. [...]

FBI externalises FISA audit for greater credibility 

On September 23, the FBI issued a tender for assistance [...]

After Cameron success, VSSE looks to make bigger splash internationally 

While Belgium's State Security Service, or VSSE, is relishing being [...]

Steele's activities for Deripaska questioned by Congress 

The US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (USSCI) report published [...]

FBI report could find Soriano exposed again 

The Inspector General (IG) of the FBI released on December, 2 his report on the agency's handling of the investigation [...]

Jeff Ressin makes shift to Oracle 

Jeff Ressin, the former FBI chief information officer (CIO) who [...]

Arthur Snell joins Burrows and Steele at Orbis 

Arthur Snell, a former official at the Foreign & Commonwealth [...]

Former FBI computer chief joins private sector 

Jeremy Wiltz, the former deputy director for information technology at [...]

Forward Risk joins opposition research firms in election fray 

The Washington-based corporate intelligence firm Forward Risk is getting into opposition research, or ‘oppo'. The company, which was founded last [...]

Under fire, DNI provides safety net for whistleblowers 

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) modified the framework for whistleblowing late last month, in an effort [...]

Wellington no longer wants to give CIA free rein to its intel 

Acting on a damning report on the role New Zealand's intelligence services played in the CIA's interrogation programmes published by the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS), Wellington has introduced new safeguards, even when dealing with their closest Five Eyes allies. [...]

Sean Brennan, from FBI in Iraq to Global Response Center 

Sean Brennan, a recently retired heavyweight of the FBI's counterterrorism units in the Middle East, has been appointed director of [...]

Intelligence services receive guidelines on interrogations abroad 

Britain has issued a set of guiding principles to the [...]

Home office prepares allies for Brexit 

Britain's Home Office began to increase its Brexit preparation staff numbers last month, taking on a growing number of IT [...]

CIA, FBI cloud specialist gets closer to Oracle 

Jeff Ressin stepped down as the FBI's deputy chief information officer (CIO) to join the Virginia advisory firm Peloton Strategies [...]

Network 251, private intelligence alliance with Slavic slant 

Increasingly active in Belgrade (IOL 817), the small Swiss corporate intelligence firm Brasidas Group has recently launched a new network [...]

New CIA No.2 Vaughn Bishop will woo British intelligence 

A key task of Vaughn Bishop, who was appointed as the new deputy director of the CIA by Donald Trump [...]

Andrew Fulton gets busy after leaving GPW 

Having recently stepped down at the end of a decade as chairman of GPW (IOL 522), Andrew Fulton, 74, is [...]

Despite political tension, CIA still counts on Paris 

While the US and France are in disagreement in a number of areas politically, Intelligence Online can reveal that the [...]

Skripal: a strange message from the SVR 

Former high-ranking officials of the Russian external intelligence service, the [...]

DSS, Trump's watchdog against Chinese investment 

The Defense Security Service (DSS), the Pentagon's counter-intelligence service, launched a tender in February to externalise the analysis of data [...]

Skripal case exposes intelligence services' shortcomings 

The poisoning of Sergei Skripal highlights British intelligence's tactical weakness on Russian activities, an area in which it once shone. [...]

Republicans come to rescue of ‘fusion centers' 

A Republican-led bill was introduced in Congress in February supporting [...]

Taiwan's FBI wants to show it has friends 

Announcing on October 29 that it had trained more than 500 law and order and foreign intelligence agents in the [...]

US firm Elliot hires Brussels lobbyist 

The big US hedge fund Elliott Management, headed by Paul [...]

Trump case : Alfa picks its private investigators 

Russian businessman Mikhail Fridman's conglomerate Alfa Group has recently been scouting for private investigation firms to help build its defence [...]

Despite Trump, Congress builds cyberdefence against Russia 

Although the White House continues to play down the role of Russian interference in the US elections last year, the [...]

Mark Cowan, former CIA official, guides Sinopec in Washington 

Mark Cowan, the former CIA's Assistant Legislative Counsel turned lobbyist, [...]

Shanghai SASS, the Guoanbu's nest of spies 

The FBI's arrest of retired CIA officer Kevin Mallory on June 22 has put the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences [...]

Russians suspected of sowing confusion in Malta 

The political storms sweeping the small Mediterranean island of Malta worry Western intelligence agencies, who suspect Russia could be behind it all. [...]

Stephanie Murphy speaks for spies in Congress 

After Donald Trump's sabre-rattling at North Korea, the Democrats in Congress, who are in the minority, are trying to take [...]

Shadow of MI6 over Rolls-Royce case 

The settlement between the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and Britain’s Rolls-Royce over the engine maker’s corruption of foreign officials says [...]

Dan Coats, former lobbyist, to coordinate intelligence 

The former clients of Dan Coats are delighted that Donald Trump has picked the ex-lobbyist to be Director of National Intelligence (DNI). [...]

Trump's favourite intelligence firms 

The most recent appointments by President Elect Donald Trump confirm the influence of a few security firms in his administration. [...]

CIA braces itself for Trump 

The US intelligence agency is trembling in its shoes as Donald Trump's staff prepares to place the agency under new management. [...]

Argentina and Elliot head for another round 

President Cristina Kirchner and the hedge funds that have gambled on her country's public debt are lining up their respective teams of private consultants ahead of a fresh battle. [...]

Orbis Business Intelligence 

Orbis Business Intelligence has made its mark in recent years [...]

London denounces Oslo's double oil dealings 

British intelligence is urging the Norwegians to cease collaborating with Kenya while at the same time supporting the Somalian government with a view to taking advantage of their oil. [...]

Paul Singer, debt hunter turned diamond's man 

Mostly known in Africa for the epic battle he wages against countries whose debt he has bought, billionaire Paul Singer [...]

Washington pursues rapprochement with Khartoum 

With Omar Al Bashir’s government poised to dismantle refugee camps [...]