Office of Intelligence and Analysis

United States
Intelligence officials and industry leaders bet on AI to thwart China

This year's Intelligence and National Security Summit gave leading public and private officials a chance to discuss how AI will be key in combatting Chinese influence operations.

United States
Trump chooses Marco Rubio associate to head financial intelligence

Washington insider Peter Metzger, a former staffer of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, has been nominated to head the Treasury Department's financial intelligence unit. He is expected to adapt the service to fight drug trafficking, without losing sight of China.

The Agencies' Gazette
French customs, BND uncertainty, VSSE women, Belarusian no-no, Human resources at the DHS

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

FranceCustoms officers land at Vatry airport

GermanySpeculation about BND boss's future

BelgiumState Security shows its feminine side

FranceThales engineer denied security clearance because of Belarusian partner

United StatesDHS intelligence strengthens HR management

United States
US Homeland Security gives open source intelligence reporting a boost

Lagging behind in its use of open source intelligence reporting, the Department of Homeland Security's intelligence office has set up a new dedicated division in a bid to better use the technique to collect and analyse domestic security threats.

The Agencies' Gazette
NSC's new China expert, GIGN's China Club chats, DHS-FBI relations issues, Vietnamese military intel changes loom

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

United States NSC picks ex-FT Beijing researcher as director for China

France GIGN boss to dine with Chinese Business Club

United States DHS slammed for cooperating with FBI

Vietnam Military intelligence management heading for change

United States
Blockchain intelligence experts much sought after by US financial intelligence services

In the United States, public bodies fighting cyber crime and financial fraud are going all out to increase their blockchain investigation capacities, bringing in local contractors to boost their firepower.

China, United States
Congress ready to spend big on China intelligence

The proposed US intelligence budget for 2022, currently under review in Congress, further underlines that China has become a top priority, both in the technology race between the two countries and with regards to containment around Taiwan.

France
DPR criticises Bercy's "shortcomings"

In a report published on December 18, the DPR, France's parliamentary delegation for intelligence, criticised the finance ministry's "profound shortcomings" in intelligence.

United States
Fusion's Wall Street hacks

After two years in business, the firm owned by former Wall Street Journal star reporter Glenn Simpson has changed its name and gone up a league.

United States
Charlie Allen's Last Mission

Appointed chief intelligence officer at the Department of Homeland Security seven months ago, Charlie Allen is trying to patch together intelligence from 22 separate agencies.

United States
Slow Take-Off for Treasury Unit

The U.S. Treasury Department is intent on becoming a fully-fledged member of the American intelligence community but is finding it hard to get started.