Spymaster | United Kingdom
Julian Lewis, the combative Conservative intelligence overseer seeking further oversight

United Kingdom, United States
British parliamentary oversight of intelligence dreams of US model

The looming UK general election is fuelling hopes of reform at the Intelligence and Security Committee that would like to be independent of the executive, as is the case in the US.

United Kingdom
New setback for parliamentary oversight of intelligence

Britain's parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee has had to wait months for one of its members to be replaced, adding to feelings that it is being increasingly marginalised by Downing Street.

United Kingdom
UK's Foreign Office, Russia Unit and MI6 lead fight against Wagner

The British Foreign Office and the intelligence services attached to it are at the centre of an inter-ministerial mechanism coordinating the fight against the Russian private military company Wagner, mainly through counter-disinformation.

The Intelligence Gazette
Defence intelligence, Eurocorps headed by Pole, US adviser in Tbilisi, and Irsem under investigation

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from London to Paris, via Warsaw and Tbilisi.

United KingdomMilitary intelligence soon to be included in Tri-Agency's China initiative

Europe/PolandWarsaw takes up residence at Eurocorps in Strasbourg

US/GeorgiaA new US adviser in Tbilisi

FranceStrife and internal investigation at defence ministry think tank Irsem

France, United Kingdom
In London and Paris, intelligence overseers in uproar over government investment security plans

Parliaments in both countries are seeking to control their governments' investment security policies by setting up new parliamentary delegations. These bodies have a direct impact on issues relating to intelligence oversight.

The Intelligence Gazette
MIT spending, DC quiet on pilots in China, Sergey Beseda in good form, Tracfin reform toughens, KGB takes swipe at MI6

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community, from Ankara to Moscow via Paris and London.

TurkeyIraq and Syria operations MIT's biggest expense

France/United StatesUS and UK left France out of loop over China pilot training

Russia/UkraineQuestions of Ukraine intel fail to shake Beseda from FSB

FranceFinance ministry's intelligence reform ramps up a notch

United Kingdom/RussiaRussian author takes swipe at MI6

Spotlight | United Kingdom
Intelligence and Security Committee still fighting for oversight of Investment Security Unit

The British parliamentary intelligence committee is still pushing for greater scrutiny of the new foreign investment unit against an unbending British government. It is also asking to overhaul its own powers.

Europe
Towards a group of six to control intelligence cooperation

At a meeting in La Haye on December 12, the presidents of six intelligence committees signed a charter instituting a [...]

Israel
Suspected Chinese cyber-attack could shift goalposts in $1.5 billion infrastructure tender

According to our sources, the company targeted by a Chinese cyber-attack was Israel's IDE Technologies, which is currently vying for [...]