Ex-intelligence officers infiltrate soldiers' opinion page

• NEW YORK/LONDON - Jenna Burton switches from Raedas to Nardello.

• PARIS - French armed forces ministry sanction against corporate intelligence consultant confirmed
  

• LONDON - Crystal Blockchain opens up in the UK
  

• LONDON - Kikkar Advisory opens up for asset recovery
  

• PARIS/WASHINGTON - Under fire in France, Avisa expands in Washington
  

Tighter controls on the way over defence and intelligence officials switching to the private sector 

Among the many legislative reforms to be put forward in France's future revised military planning law, there is a proposal to keep tighter control of armed forces ministry officials looking to move into the private sector.

KGB-FSB veterans who attacked the Kremlin have since gone into business 

An open letter which criticised the Kremlin over its handling of the parliamentary elections in September, the country's standard of living and the decline in patriotism was published by the Russian Communist Party in early November.

Former French generals' think-tank touts anti-NATO stance 

An open letter was published in the French media repeating arguments put forward by the Kremlin to attack the "NATO 2030" reform initiative.

Emmanuel Macron launches anti-fake news task force Honfleur 

France's main intelligence services have been roped into a project coordinated by its Secretariat-General for National Defence and Security (SGDSN), which will identify private companies which could help tackle disinformation.

Make-over at DRSD 

A decree issued on Dec. 4 on how France's Direction [...]

Paris manoeuvres to persuade Trump to limit his disengagement 

For the last month, Washington has been playing a game of bluff with its allies in the Sahel by dangling the threat of withdrawal as it did a year ago.