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Thiel carves niche in US intelligence imagery

The founder of Paypal and Palantir, Silicon Valley's only unconditional Donald Trump supporter, is bidding to become the go-to imagery contractor. [...] (569 words)

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Casa Coppelle, Rome's intimate retreat catering to intelligence diplomats

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

US Congress looks to secure tighter control of New Space

HawkEye scores first US space-based SIGINT contracts

Planet's SPAC deal reveals the scale of the challenges it faces

TRG prepares to enter European market

Guidepost poaches from Gavin De Becker

FBI externalises FISA audit for greater credibility

Five Eyes urged to collaborate on future AI standards

Former FBI investigators examined Bezos' iPhone for FTI

Palantir targets Japanese market

Silvus guides drones without GPS

Shadow IT, the next big thing in IT security

Banks woo ex-spies to run fusion centres

Ex-Israeli intelligence captain Lital Leshem, from Black Cube to Erik Prince

Anja Manuel helps Thiel's freight logistics company Flexport in Asia

DGSI and BKA get into big data

Palantir nabs Fabrice Bregier

Thiel supports Ehud Barak's startup Carbyne

Bernard Emie Hobnobs with Karp and Thiel at Bilderberg

New Space revolution a blow to French GEOINT companies

Pentagon caught between Bezos, Koch brothers Free

DSS, Trump's watchdog against Chinese investment

Amazon puts ANSSI to the test

Palantir plants flag in Doha

Beijing pursues plan to dominate GEOINT sector

Intelligence community urges Congress to renew Section 702

Despite Trump, Congress builds cyberdefence against Russia

Sale of DigitalGlobe may cool GEOINT speculation

Planet ever closer to the NGA

Dataiku, French firm, seeks to rival Palantir

Thiel seeks to share Palantir and SpaceX with Gulf

May played Trump card to sack GCHQ chief

Ex-Ashton Carter aide goes to amazon

SpaceX beefs up its security

DGSI gets new technical director

FBI makes very political arrest

NSA sheds light on technology transfer to the private sector

Peter Thiel has big GEOINT 2.0 plans

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DGSI courts Palantir

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NGA opens arms to private sector

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