Director of National Intelligence

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New viceroy in Amman, ODNI and DCSA help tech industry

Appointments, financial results, new contracts: each week, we report on events both big and small that matter in the global corporate intelligence community. This week, we go to Amman and Washington.

JordanAbdullah II secures his clan

United StatesODNI and DCSA try to boost high tech R&D

The Tech Times
ChapsVision, MissionLinks, Peraton

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

ParisFormer Nexa chief Renaud Roques joins ChapsVision.

RestonOcient and BlackHorse CEOs join US intelligence suppliers assciation MissionLink.Next.

Herndon, VirginiaPeraton strengthens intelligence programmes with new former CIA team.

China, East Europe, Russia, United States
Washington seeks to prevent Russian power grab at International Telecommunication Union

Both major parties in the House of Representatives recently joined forces to pass a law calling on the State Department to actively back "pro-democracy" candidates for the leadership of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). So as to counter Rashid Ismailov, a Russian former minister who has also worked for Huawei.

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Afghan planes in Tashkent, Russian military engineers decorated, DNI

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, we serve up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we go from Paris to Tashkent, Washington, Brussels and Kabul.

Uzbekistan/AfghanistanTashkent refuses to return Afghan planes to Kabul.

RussiaMoscow decorates military engineers.

FranceMarc Burg lures more top spies to his degree course.

ParisSenators call for a law on facial recognition.

United StatesDNI tasked again to tackle China's support to Russia.

EuropeEuropol, future watchdog of foreign investment in the EU.

Lebanon, United States
Washington finally ready to launch its anti-drug strategy against Hezbollah

Worried about the scale of the trafficking of captagon pills through Lebanon in particular, with Syria the main source, the US authorities intend to grant additional funds to the Lebanese security forces, which are supposed to be involved in this operation.

United States
Beijing, not Moscow, spoils Biden's intelligence nominees

The CIA's future general counsel Kate Heinzelman is in a tight spot over her previous work for Chinese clients at Sidley Austin law firm, the Biden administration's first port of call for future intelligence hires.

United States
Former FBI officer turned investigator for oligarchs Richard Frankel exposed in New York

Forensic News has taken legal action to defend itself against low-key corporate intelligence star Walter Soriano. Richard Frankel's former activities for Soriano's firm USG Security look set to expose clients he worked for.

Sweden
New Swedish anti-fake news agency boosts online investigation capacity to counter Russian threat

Like their counterparts in other Western countries, Sweden's intelligence services are looking for open source intelligence contractors to help them combat Russian propaganda.

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SNRP, Kazakh security service, SGDSN, DNI report on Chinese ports

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 Paris via Nur-Sultan.

Kazakhstan Like the KNB, President Tokayev brings in allies to lead security service

France SGDSN sees value in serious games

United States DNI called again to report on Chinese-controlled ports

France Prison intelligence service gains access to training reserved for the intelligence community's inner circle

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Rosfinmonitoring, DNI v Cosco, Russian base in Tajikistan

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

RussiaFinancial intelligence service teams with FSB on cryptocurrencies in Russia.

United StatesDNI to probe Chinese presence in South American ports

TajikistanRussian base renews engagement in Tajikistan

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SVR, DNI, GKNB, Corinte, Paris and Chinese Intelligence

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 Paris via Bishkek.

RussiaKremlin explores new foreign policy concept

United StatesSenator Scott Young enlists DNI communications director.

FranceFrench senators point to weak representation in international organisations.

KyrgyzstanBishkek's former spymaster to head embassy in Ukraine

FranceParis wants to join international scene of Chinese intelligence analysis

Russia, United States
NGA contributes to Western influence counter-offensive against Wagner in Africa with Tearline

While Paris is trying to win the influence war against the Russian paramilitary group Wagner the old-fashioned way, Washington has turned to the research world and NGOs with its Tearline program. The program's latest research focuses on Wagner's various activities in Africa.

Syria, United States
Congress struggles to clarify US approach to Syria

The newly ratified National Defense Authorization Act contains several sections on Syria, but there is no clear line taken. Biden, caught between maintaining a military presence and the application of heavy sanctions against the regime, has not yet defined his Syria policy.

United States
Buikema-Miller, the journalist turned CIA press secretary

In a career shift that would be unthinkable in many Western countries, Susan Buikema-Miller has gone from asking the questions to answering them as the CIA's new press secretary. She shares this previous career in journalism with her husband, now a legal expert at Amazon.