DIA

United States
Pentagon poised to take over National Intelligence University

A unique higher education institution, the NIU is soon to be absorbed by the US Department of Defense. The move, which comes amid sweeping cuts in the intelligence community, will result in a fall in the number of courses on offer.

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DIA's ongoing vacancy, re-election at French intel vets body, PLA's anti-corruption meetings

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

United StatesDIA struggles to find new head of counter-narcotics

FranceAlain Juillet re-elected head of intelligence veterans association

ChinaCentral Military Commission applies Xi Jinping's directives

United States
US Congress pushes for more Indo-Pacific intelligence sharing

With many allies questioning Washington's reliability, US lawmakers are seeking to safeguard Indo-Pacific intelligence cooperation with the Five Eyes and other partners like Japan.

The Agencies' Gazette
Intelligence College in Europe, Ex-CIA officer with RFK Jr, anti-Mafia force's new neighbour in Rome, French spies-turned-authors

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

France/GermanyBND official to head Intelligence College in Europe

USFormer CIA officer heads up the Department of Health and Human Services' intelligence unit

Italy/ChinaA discreet DIA branch in uproar over arrival of BYD

FranceDisagreement in parliament over censorship of ex-spies' books

Russia, United States
Russian bankruptcy trustee seeks to hunt down former banker's US assets

A Moscow-based insolvency administrator is turning to the United States to recover the assets of former banker Alexander Zheleznyak, who is currently living in the US. Zheleznyak claims he has fallen out of favour with the Kremlin due to his alleged affiliation with Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, who died in 2024.

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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

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France's DGSE and the Americas, Pentagon, Xavier Moreau, Paris-Africa, Beijing nixes ‘G2'

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

FranceDGSE pipe dream of Americas mission centre

USPentagon seeks candidate to lead drug trafficking fight

France/RussiaFamily fund to counter EU sanctions

France/AfricaFrench spies back to Africa in 2026?

China/USBeijing seeks to veto ‘G2' label

Russia
Former FSB heavyweight Ivan Tkachev sees career ambitions temporarily dashed

Recently appointed head of the FSB's military counter-espionage department, Tkachev, who is a close associate of Rosnef director Igor Sechin, has plans to take over from Alexander Bortnikov as FSB chief.

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US health intelligence, French intel report, China-Japan rivalry, Tracfin

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

United StatesRobert Kennedy Jr looking to boost health ministry's intel

FranceParliamentary intelligence delegation report published in Q1 of 2026

ChinaRethinking Ryukyu: Beijing ropes in academics to push archipelago's independence

FranceTracfin interested in humint

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DGSE and DGSI's workforces, OSINT at the Pentagon, Chinese house arrest rules, SIRASCO seeks deputy

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

FranceDGSE chief reacts to DGSI's growing workforce

United StatesPentagon looks to streamline OSINT contractors

ChinaSupervised house arrest… except in cases of ‘national security'

FranceSIRASCO seeks a number two