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Intelligence Academy seeks director, Abbas Ibrahim's mandate, Moscow's anti-drone battle, CIA's PCRB problem, Bulgarian intelligence

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week we look at Moscow, Washington, Paris, Sofia and Beirut. [...] (732 words)

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Abbas Ibrahim
Alexander Khinshtein
Boïko Borissov
CIA
CNRLT
Division VC
ENA
François Chambon
Free Patriotic Movement
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FSO
Gebran Bassil
General Department of General Security
GUSP
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Hezbollah
IHEMI
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Laurent Nunez
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Nabih Berri
Najib Mikati
Pascal Mailhos
Paul Redmond
Robert Baer
Rosgvardia
SVR

Lebanon's former security chief Abbas Ibrahim falls from grace after support dwindles

The country's former powerful general security chief Abbas Ibrahim has reluctantly had to stand down in favour of Elias Baissari. The top official had hoped to be championed by his supporters from Beirut to Washington, but backing to keep him in the job turned out to be weaker than he claimed.

Lebanon's former internal security chief Major General Abbas Ibrahim.

UNITED STATES 07/03/2023

US counterintelligence in turmoil over internal flaws

With its internecine quarrels, the indictment of a former high-ranking officer and a structure sometimes deemed deficient, even Congress is worried about the state of US counter-espionage. These concerns have been fuelled by seemingly growing attempts at interference by foreign entities, notably those from Russia and China.

LEBANON UNITED STATES 02/02/2023

Abbas Ibrahim played role in Beirut port security director's flight to US

Freed in a surprise decision by Lebanon's attorney general, Beirut port security official Ziad Al Awf, jailed in connection with his role in the port explosion, fled to the US recently with the help of spymaster Abbas Ibrahim, despite a court order preventing him from leaving the country.

Abbas Ibrahim, head of Lebanon's General Security Directorate.

RUSSIA 11/01/2023

Kremlin's favourite crisis management services compete for leadership of institutional security

In the middle of a security legislation overhaul, Moscow is increasing the powers of entities responsible for protecting state bodies, with the GUSP, the special presidential programmes department, gaining ground on another Kremlin favourite, the Rosgvardia.

LEBANON 07/11/2022

Spymaster Abbas Ibrahim keeps networks active during power vacuum

With no replacement in sight for the outgoing president Michel Aoun, the ambitious intelligence chief Abbas Ibrahim is determined to hold on to his circles of influence in Beirut as much as in Damascus and Washington.

Lebanon's General Security Director, Abbas Ibrahim.

Former National Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Laurent Nuñez and French President Emmanuel Macron. © Sébastien Muylaert/MaxPPP

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FRANCE 03/10/2022

DGSE, French DNI, Personal Chief of Staff: Macron set to fill three top national security jobs

As current events impose an increasingly security-oriented agenda, President Emmanuel Macron will soon have three of the top jobs in the French intelligence and defence community to fill.

FRANCE 12/09/2022

French far right to sit on parliamentary intelligence delegation for first time

Now back at work after the summer recess, the parliamentary intelligence body presided by ruling party MP Sacha Houlié counts for the very first time among its members a parliamentarian from the far-right Rassemblement National party, Caroline Colombier.

President of the French parliamentary intelligence delegation Sacha Houlié.

The Intelligence Gazette EGYPT FRANCE PORTUGAL RUSSIA UNITED STATES 04/07/2022

EGYPT/SYRIA - Cairo shifts position on Syria's return to Arab League
PORTUGAL - Military intelligence eyes US drones
RUSSIA - Yet another ex-FSO officer joins Security Council
FRANCE - DGSE wants seat on Order of the Liberation board
UNITED STATES - Baer vs Redmond, score settling between former CIA officers over a book

BULGARIA 01/07/2022

Bulgarian-Turkish oligarch Ahmet Dogan hastens to shed VIP assets

As the US begins to sanction his close entourage, the businessman and former Bulgarian MP of Turkish descent has quietly put his yacht up for sale in Greece. On account of his alleged involvement in several court cases in Bulgaria, he has been trying to get rid of his many assets as fast as he can.

BULGARIA 29/06/2021

Sacked intelligence chief under US sanctions calls out Russian influence

On the interim government's advice, President Rumen Radev has made a string of dismissals as the country heads into the 11 July elections. Those sacked included top intelligence officers who are ready to denounce Russian influence in the country, along with political opposition led by former prime minister Boyko Borisov.

BULGARIA UNITED STATES 23/06/2021

US sanctions spurs Bulgaria's intelligence into action

The US sanctions have shaken Sofia's political world to the core and its embarrassed intelligence services have been forced to take a hard look at their own intelligence control bureau infiltrated by oligarchs.

FRANCE 18/11/2020

Intelligence Academy launches analysis training

France's Intelligence Academy, headed by François Chambon, has launched a new analysis training programme for the top six intelligence services,

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Hachette Books
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Intelligence Academy seeks director, Abbas Ibrahim's mandate, Moscow's anti-drone battle, CIA's PCRB problem, Bulgarian intelligence

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Lebanon's former security chief Abbas Ibrahim falls from grace after support dwindles

US counterintelligence in turmoil over internal flaws

Abbas Ibrahim played role in Beirut port security director's flight to US

Kremlin's favourite crisis management services compete for leadership of institutional security

Spymaster Abbas Ibrahim keeps networks active during power vacuum

DGSE, French DNI, Personal Chief of Staff: Macron set to fill three top national security jobs

French far right to sit on parliamentary intelligence delegation for first time

EGYPT/SYRIA - Cairo shifts position on Syria's return to Arab League

PORTUGAL - Military intelligence eyes US drones

RUSSIA - Yet another ex-FSO officer joins Security Council

FRANCE - DGSE wants seat on Order of the Liberation board

UNITED STATES - Baer vs Redmond, score settling between former CIA officers over a book

Bulgarian-Turkish oligarch Ahmet Dogan hastens to shed VIP assets

Sacked intelligence chief under US sanctions calls out Russian influence

US sanctions spurs Bulgaria's intelligence into action

Intelligence Academy launches analysis training

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