CIA

United States
Former CIA station chief in Kuwait joins new lobbying firm

Corvus Strategies, which includes veteran intelligence official Joseph J. Forcier II, has agreed to help represent Colombia's President Gustavo Petro in Washington. The lobbying firm has just recruited intelligence veteran Joseph Forcier.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Ex-minister at ADIT, CIA veteran for aiNTEL, EU chooses Page Group

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

ParisFormer minister set to join ADIT

WashingtonCIA veteran for aiNTEL

Tel AvivPage Group continues to ensure security for EU delegation in Israel

The Agencies' Gazette
Russian ambassador to France, ex-CIA at Spy Museum, French crimorg database

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

FranceSparse audience for Alexei Meshkov at Academy of Geopolitics

USFormer CIA official joins Spy Museum

FranceCrimorg database soon to come into force

Gaza strip, Qatar, United States
Fixer-diplomat Ali al-Thawadi comes out from the shadows

Long a hidden figure, the fixer-cum-securocrat's work on the Gaza ceasefire has forced him into the spotlight, with Doha last month naming him a minister for strategic affairs.

The Agencies' Gazette
US agencies hiring, Élysée Palace foreign unit changes, Vietnam PM post between two, PNAT loses in court

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

United StatesMajor agencies resume gradual recruitment

FranceGulf ambassador gears up for Élysée Palace post

VietnamPower struggle for PM position

FranceCourt overturns refusal to grant clearance to PNAT contract worker

Iran, Ukraine
Ukrainian spies play role in US-Israeli plans for Iran

Ukraine's GUR military intelligence service has offered its assistance to its Israeli and American counterparts on the Iranian issue. Israel and Ukraine both face the same Iranian-Russian technological threat.

Yemen
Inside the neighbourhood secrets of Houthi intelligence

Intelligence Online has seen confidential documents from the Houthi interior ministry revealing a policing network set up in areas under the group's control and the extent of fears of infiltration by Mossad and CIA moles.

Europe, United States
Airbus extends contract with Palantir

Airbus Group has renewed its contract with Palantir for ten years. In 2015, the European aircraft manufacturer entrusted the American group with the development of its Skywise big data platform, which aims to optimise the production and maintenance of its aircraft.

The Agencies' Gazette
CIA departures, Kyiv recruits volunteers, Saudi military office in Paris, Kyrgyz services

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

USMore departures at the CIA

UkraineUS, EU and UK officials in Kyiv for inaugural expat defence volunteers meet

FranceNoise complaints regarding Saudi military office in Paris

KyrgyzstanGKNB expands its influence

United States
Former Republican candidate takes charge of economic security at ODNI

US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who currently faces multiple accusations, has appointed a new deputy in charge of economic security, Ricky Gill, who will shortly take the helm of the Office of Economic Security and Emerging Technology.

The Agencies' Gazette
Ex-DGSI exec to publish book, French court warning for DGSE, Chinese reinforcements in Pakistan

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

FranceDisgraced former DGSI executive to publish book on wiretapping

FranceFrench courts rap DGSE's knuckles

China/PakistanThousands of PLA reinforcements reportedly deployed to Gilgit-Baltistan

United States
CIA veterans flood into private sector in wake of Trump culls

The exodus from the US intelligence agency continues, fueled by the Trump administration's staff cutbacks and a growing demand in political risk consulting.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Vantive, HATVP's empty 'foreign influence' register, Cassini Conseil, K2's new man in Riyadh

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: every Wednesday, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community.

WashingtonFormer CIA and Pentagon officials join new supply chain intel firm

ParisOnly one firm listed in ‘foreign influences register'

ParisCassini Conseil and cyber security in the Indo-Pacific

LondonK2 fills senior Middle East disputes position