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United States
From CIA officer to TikTok star

John Kiriakou has become prominent in the social media sphere, even as he continues intelligence-related work in the private sector.

United States
US intelligence seeks to beef up space-based sensor architecture

Beijing's rapid progress and a growing number of space-based threats have prompted Washington to launch an initiative for the strategic development of space-based sensors for the intelligence community.

The Corporate Intelligence Gazette
Masdar's PR, DGSI's former 'Q', back to ADIT, GEOS in Guatemala

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

Abu DhabiPR firm Teneo wins advising contract with UAE's Masdar

ParisDGSI's former "Q" looking for job

ParisAnne-Solène Spido returns to ADIT

Guatemala CityGEOS renews EU security contract

United States
US National Intelligence Council seeks new blood

Faced with a decline in its influence, the US intelligence community's most authoritative analytical arm wants to recruit senior staff to focus on President Donald Trump's priority issues.

France
Not so secret special funds redacted from French parliamentary intelligence report

The annual report by France's parliamentary intelligence delegation published last week will leave anyone seeking information about special funds wanting. Those details have been redacted, despite being publicly available elsewhere.

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

Estonia, France, Latvia, Myanmar
From Myanmar to the Baltic states, French intel tracks former legionnaires working for private firms

Nearly two years after the Burmese fiasco, French intelligence officers are still monitoring networks of former Foreign Legion soldiers working as private security contractors. Investigators recently travelled to Estonia.