CIA

The Intelligence Gazette
Syrian chemical programme, UK's Economic Crime Committee, Swedish StratCom at NATO, Pakistani ambassador in Kabul, Skopje and NATO, PLA in Taiwan

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

France/SyriaFrench company Smart Pegasus remains under sanctions for participating in Syrian chemical weapons program.

United KingdomOpposition MP's push parliamentary Economic Crime Committee project.

Sweden/LatviaSwedish anti-fake news agency shines at NATO's StratCom.

Pakistan/AfghanistanISI investigates attempted assassination of Pakistani ambassador in Kabul.

North MacedoniaSkopje intelligence chief learns the rope at NATO.

ChinaPeople's Liberation Army tests modern urban warfare techniques to hone Taiwan strategy.

Russia
Russia diplomacy redraws map

As Moscow grows increasingly isolated from the West, it is turning toward Asia and preparing to transfer large numbers of staff from its European to its Asian department.

Iraq, United States
Garda's alleged methods to land State Department security contract in Iraq challenged in court by SOC LLC

SOC has accused two former executives of supplying confidential company information to help rival Garda win strategic contracts to protect US diplomatic facilities in Iraq earlier this year.

United Kingdom, United States
UK's Labour taps into Sally Donnelly's powerful Washington network

With the UK's Conservative government facing the possibility of a snap general election, Labour's defence teams have got moving in Washington.

Iran
Basiji militia leads Pasdaran crackdown against popular uprising in Iran

Mobilising all its military forces in a bid to crush the anti-government uprising that began nearly two months ago, Tehran has positioned its Basiji miltia, which can infiltrate all levels of the poulation, at the front line.

Saudi Arabia, United States
MBS's hound hired by FTI Consulting

The PR and investigation firm FTI Consulting has recently hired Madji Al Madani, a key figure in Mohammed bin Salman's anti-corruption purge.

United States
Long-delayed ruling in assassination and corruption case awaits new Iraqi PM

Former CIA director David Petraeus, among other retired intelligence and military officials, offered testimony in the case of Wye Oak v. Iraq. Dale Stoffel, the CEO of the US firm Wye Oak, was murdered in the country in December 2004.

United Kingdom
New Cyber-focused Private Equity firm Gallos Technologies seconded by Security establishment

Gallos, a new and rapidly rising investment company specialised in security technology, has just made its first investment. It is financially backed by major pillars in British security circles.

United States
Congress and US intelligence community see two sides of advertising cookies

The US House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has called for a report into the threat that cookies and other forms of online data collection pose to the US, despite their growing popularity with the US intelligence community.

Armenia
Armenia plans security apparatus overhaul under watchful eyes of neighbours

Armenia's 2023 budget discussions bring back into the public debate the creation of an external intelligence service, at a time of instability in the political and security environment in the region.

United States
As midterms loom, Washington tackles political tensions around intelligence community

With political violence mounting in the US in the lead-up to the midterm elections, the US intelligence community has also been affected by the growing polarisation of US society. The government is working to eradicate a phenomenon that has harmed the efficiency and credibility of the intelligence services.

The Intelligence Gazette
CIA's HR woes, Hamas and Taliban in Istanbul, Tbilisi's oligarchs, France's DPR, China worries Russia, repatriated Afghans

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 hone in on Istanbul, Washington, Paris, Moscow, Kabul and Tbilisi.

United States CIA experimenting to solve HR crisis

Turkey/Palestine/Afghanistan Istanbul hosts Hamas-Taliban rapprochement

Georgia Tbilisi looks into its oligarchs

France DPR still not entitled to know about operations in progress

Russia Moscow's foreign affairs ministry reassesses view of China

Afghanistan/Europe Europe's greater numbers of repatriated Afghans

Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
Saudi spymaster Khaled bin Ali Al Humaidan mediates between Islamabad and Kabul

Keen to resolve tensions with its Taliban neighbours, Pakistan has called on Saudi Arabia's help to mediate but those efforts have been unsuccessful for the moment.

Spotlight | United States
Role of US private military contractors expanding sharply in Ukraine

As Russia's war in Ukraine grinds into its ninth month, the role of PMCs backing Ukrainian troops appears to be growing, interviews and a review of job ads show.