Germany
Allies increasingly concerned about intelligence cooperation with Germany's BND

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.

Germany
German intelligence agencies feel political pressure during shake-up

Chancellor Olaf Scholz embarrassed Germany's foreign spy service by criticising it over operational failings in a television interview amid administrative chaos at the country's intelligence services.

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Iraqi PM still heading INIS, France's Intelligence Review Commission beefs up controls, Germany's secret clearances scrutinised

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

IraqMohammed Shia al-Sudani still helming INIS

FranceIntelligence control commission beefs up retrospective controls outside Paris

GermanySecrecy clearances under fire in parliament

Germany
New Berlin Advisors Group has Kurdish connections

At a time when Germany is in the grip of an energy crisis, the newly established Berlin Advisors Group is hoping to capitalise on the various activities and connections of its four founding firms, whose bosses already work together.

Germany
Germany launches new foreign intelligence watchdog, UKr

The BND, the foreign intelligence service, which had already been subject to heavy parliamentary supervision, has been under the control of a new administrative control body since the beginning of the year. This body focuses on the BND's technical side.

France, Germany, Israel, United Kingdom, United States
Western intelligence agencies take pride in LGBTQ+ inclusion

The CIA, MI6, BND, Unit 8200, DGSE and others are moving towards greater gender quality and inclusion of LGBTQ+ minorities in the workplace as they vie for new recruits. We report on this new race for inclusion among the Western world's intelligence services.