» Russia Warned Austin About Alleged Ukrainian Plot in Private Call
26/07/24 22:26 from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces
Russia’s defense minister said he needed to talk to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about an alleged Ukrainian operation. What happened next remains murky.

» Bullet or Fragment of One Struck Trump’s Ear, F.B.I. Says
26/07/24 21:03 from NYT > Federal Bureau of Investigation
The explanation was the most definitive to date after the bureau’s director had earlier suggested the former president might have been hit by shrapnel, igniting a political storm.

» Justice Dept. Settles Lawsuit With Former F.B.I. Officials Targeted by Trump
26/07/24 20:02 from NYT > Federal Bureau of Investigation
Peter Strzok, a former F.B.I. agent, and Lisa Page, a former lawyer for the bureau, accused the Trump administration of violating their privacy after it provided explosive texts to the news media.

» Send private-security contractors into Gaza? That’s a terrible idea
26/07/24 16:00 from Defense One - All Content
Here are some basic questions to ask before this not-even-half-baked notion becomes a policy failure.

» Army Sees No Link to Blast Exposure in Maine Gunman’s Mental Issues
26/07/24 12:06 from United States Defense and Military Forces
Investigators found lapses in the handling of a troubled reservist who went on to kill 18 people, but they rejected suggestions that his Army work had damaged his brain.

» Memo on AI's national-security implications heads for Biden's desk
26/07/24 12:00 from Defense One - All Content
The classified memo is expected to propose rules against using AI in certain scenarios.

» The D Brief: Russian strike leaves blackouts; SecDef heads to Asia; Earth’s hot streak; Olympians in uniform; And a bit more.
26/07/24 11:20 from Defense One - All Content

» Dept of Justice Promises to Declassify Standard Operating Procedure for Coordinating with Social Media Platforms
26/07/24 10:00 from Just Security
Department of Justice set to release declassified Standard Operating Procedure for coordinating with social media platforms on foreign malign influence and First Amendment. The post Dept of Justice Promises to Declassify Standard Operati...

» The Chiquita Verdict Expands International Human Rights Liability for Corporate Conduct Abroad
26/07/24 09:05 from Just Security
A recent verdict may have substantial ramifications for the future of international human rights litigation in U.S. Courts. The post The <i>Chiquita</i> Verdict Expands International Human Rights Liability for Corporate Condu...

» What the Draft UN “Pact for the Future” Tells Us About International Insecurity
26/07/24 08:51 from Just Security
Expert analysis of the ongoing UN initiative and what it holds in store. The post What the Draft UN “Pact for the Future” Tells Us About International Insecurity appeared first on Just Security .

» Early Edition: July 26, 2024
26/07/24 07:54 from Just Security
Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the past 24 hours. Here’s today’s news: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS Former President Barack Obama endorsed Vice President...

» Assessing Cause of Trump Wound, F.B.I. Examines Bullet Fragments From Rally
26/07/24 07:31 from NYT > Federal Bureau of Investigation
The bureau is assessing what caused the former president’s wound during an assassination attempt. The question has turned political.

» From Online Drug Lord to Crypto Entrepreneur, Blake Benthall Is Back in Business
26/07/24 05:21 from NYT > Federal Bureau of Investigation
After Blake Benthall was arrested for running Silk Road 2.0, the infamous illegal drug bazaar, things didn’t go the way you might expect.

» Kamala Harris’s Bratty Coconut Memescape + What Does $1,000 a Month Do? + The Empire CrowdStrikes Back
26/07/24 05:06 from NYT > Cyberwarfare
An episode unburdened by what has been.

» Austin heads to Asia with $500 mil for the Philippines
26/07/24 03:00 from Defense One - All Content
Trip described as most important Asia visit of the Biden administration.

» Austin heads to Asia with $500M for the Philippines
26/07/24 03:00 from Defense One - All Content
DOD officials said the SecDef's multi-country swing will be the administration's most important visit for "U.S. defense ties in the Indo-Pacific."

» LEADERSHIP: Pathetic Palestine Plods On
25/07/24 21:55 from StrategyPage.com

» MYANMAR: July 2024 Update
25/07/24 21:53 from StrategyPage.com

» How a U.S. Antidoping Law Fueled Global Tensions
25/07/24 20:22 from NYT > Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Olympics are opening amid outright antagonism between international sports authorities and the United States over American investigations into the handling of doping allegations abroad.

» A boom in space-based intelligence is coming. Can ground networks keep up?
25/07/24 19:30 from Defense One - All Content
Companies that used to sell pictures and pixels are selling analysis—and looking for ways to move faster.

» U.S. Indicts North Korean in Ransomware Attacks and Theft of Military Data
25/07/24 19:06 from NYT > Cyberwarfare
Funds from the ransomware attacks on hospitals subsidized military espionage activities, prosecutors say.

» Justice Dept. Watchdog Criticizes Barr’s Role in Election Inquiry
25/07/24 17:09 from NYT > Federal Bureau of Investigation
The inspector general said he was troubled by William Barr’s decision in 2020 to brief President Trump on an inquiry over nine discarded ballots, which might have encouraged Mr. Trump’s false election claims.

» El tirador del atentado contra Trump buscó datos sobre el asesinato de Kennedy
25/07/24 12:58 from NYT > Federal Bureau of Investigation
El director del FBI, Christopher Wray, reveló en una audiencia ante los legisladores que el tirador, días antes del tiroteo, buscó en Google: ‘¿A qué distancia estaba Oswald de Kennedy?’.

» F-35’s price might rise, Lockheed warns
25/07/24 12:42 from Defense One - All Content
After years of declines, the jet’s cost is being pushed by upgrades, inflation, and a proposal to buy fewer of them.

» The U.S. Must Stand Up to Beijing in the South China Sea
25/07/24 12:41 from United States Defense and Military Forces
China could seize control of a strategically vital waterway without firing a shot.

» Navy still picking winner for F/A-XX next year, Northrop CEO says
25/07/24 12:07 from Defense One - All Content
Despite the service’s proposal to cut funding, “we have not received” word that 6th-gen plans have changed.

» The D Brief: Chinese-Russian flight near Alaska; Warships chased from Azov?; B-2 tests cheap shipkiller; France’s big deployment; And a bit more.
25/07/24 11:50 from Defense One - All Content

» International Court of Justice’s Call on All States to End Israel’s Occupation and Find a Path to Peace
25/07/24 09:11 from Just Security
President of the Open Society Foundations, Binaifer Nowrojee, discusses implications of ICJ ruling on Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory. The post International Court of Justice’s Call on All States to End Israel’s Occupation an...

» US Arrests Former Syrian Prison Chief – But Will the Charges Prove Equal to His Crimes?
25/07/24 09:00 from Just Security
Prosecutors can do more to hold al-Sheikh fully to account under the Torture Act and the Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act. The post US Arrests Former Syrian Prison Chief – But Will the Charges Prove Equal to His Crimes? appeared fir...

» Early Edition: July 25, 2024
25/07/24 07:59 from Just Security
Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the past 24 hours. Here’s today’s news: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS In his first address to the nation since dropping out...

» Trump Trials Clearinghouse
25/07/24 06:00 from Just Security
Welcome to this all-source, public resource for analysts, researchers, investigators, journalists, educators, and the public at large. The post Trump Trials Clearinghouse appeared first on Just Security .

» Clearinghouse: Mar-a-Lago Documents Case – Southern District of Florida
25/07/24 05:25 from Just Security
Repository containing a collection of information about Special Counsel Jack Smith's classified documents case against Donald Trump. The post Clearinghouse: Mar-a-Lago Documents Case – Southern District of Florida appeared first on...

» Clearinghouse: New York Attorney General Corporate Fraud Case
25/07/24 05:25 from Just Security
Repository containing a collection of information about New York Attorney General Letitia James's corporate fraud case against Donald Trump. The post Clearinghouse: New York Attorney General Corporate Fraud Case appeared first on Just Se...

» Clearinghouse: 2016 Election Interference Case – Manhattan District Attorney
25/07/24 05:25 from Just Security
Repository containing a collection of information about Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case against Donald Trump. The post Clearinghouse: 2016 Election Interference Case – Manhattan District Attorney appeared first on Ju...

» FBI Director Testifies Before Congress Over Trump Rally Shooting
24/07/24 23:12 from NYT > Federal Bureau of Investigation
The F.B.I. director, Christopher A. Wray, disclosed to lawmakers that the Google search was perhaps an early indication that the gunman began to contemplate an assassination.

» Book Prompts Investigation Into Nashville’s Unsolved Civil Rights-Era Bombings
24/07/24 23:02 from NYT > Federal Bureau of Investigation
The mayor of Nashville, Freddie O’Connell, asked the police to investigate three bombings after a book said that the attacks were tied to racist terrorism.

» As Hamas war drags on, Israeli democracy weakens
24/07/24 22:23 from Defense One - All Content
Israel is not alone; a recent report finds that the global state of democracy has been declining for the past six years.

» KOREA: North Korea and Russia Losers Alliance
24/07/24 20:42 from StrategyPage.com

» AIR DEFENSE: Quality and Quantity of Ukrainian Air Defenses
24/07/24 20:41 from StrategyPage.com

» Unpacking Harris' record on defense civilians and workforce
24/07/24 20:00 from Defense One - All Content
The vice president has fought discriminatory pay practices, helped guide how the government uses AI, and championed public-sector unions.

» Air Force won’t hit target for connecting its mobility fleet, commander says
24/07/24 18:32 from Defense One - All Content
To meet goals, Air Mobility Command would need $500 million to link 25 percent of its fleet.

» Air Force to miss its data-linking goal for cargo aircraft, commander says
24/07/24 18:32 from Defense One - All Content
But even if just 20% of the planes get the networking gear by next year, it's already proving its value, mobility chief says.

» FBI Director Testifying Before Congress Over Trump Rally Shooting
24/07/24 17:39 from NYT > Federal Bureau of Investigation
The F.B.I. director, Christopher A. Wray, disclosed to lawmakers that the Google search was perhaps an early indication that the gunman began to contemplate an assassination.

» F.B.I. Searches $3.5 Million Home of Former Aide to Gov. Hochul
24/07/24 12:16 from NYT > Federal Bureau of Investigation
The early-morning raid took place on Long Island’s North Shore at the house of Ms. Hochul’s former deputy chief of staff, Linda Sun.

» The D Brief: Harris’ record; Netanyahu in DC; Missile-making bottleneck; Rheinmetall rakes it in; And a bit more.
24/07/24 11:47 from Defense One - All Content

» Since James Foley’s Death, a `Moral Awakening’ in America on Hostages Held Abroad
24/07/24 10:02 from Just Security
August 19 will mark 10 years since our son, James W. Foley, an American freelance journalist, was publicly beheaded by ISIS to fuel the violent extremist group’s hate-filled propaganda. Six other Americans held captive abroad were also k...

» United States v. Nixon at Fifty: Why Judge Cannon Is Wrong About the Attorney General’s Authority to Select a Special Counsel
24/07/24 09:27 from Just Security
An in-depth legal analysis on the fate of Special Counsel Jack Smith's prosecution of former President Donald Trump in the classified documents case and beyond. The post <i> United States v. Nixon </i> at Fifty: Why Judge Can...

» Early Edition: July 24, 2024
24/07/24 07:06 from Just Security
Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the past 24 hours. Here’s today’s news: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her first spee...

» Boeing might put a drone operator in the F-15EX’s back seat
23/07/24 21:28 from Defense One - All Content
The company is mulling options as it pitches the modernized Eagle to international customers.

» SURFACE FORCES : South China Sea War Continues
23/07/24 20:20 from StrategyPage.com

» SUBMARINES: Black Sea Kilo Class Crisis
23/07/24 20:18 from StrategyPage.com

» Ex-Military Police Officer Sentenced to Prison for Role in Capitol Riot
23/07/24 18:43 from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces
Gregory C. Yetman, the subject of a manhunt last fall, admitted to pepper-spraying law enforcement officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.

» Every Marine squad will get anti-drone gear
23/07/24 15:46 from Defense One - All Content
Squads have “zero decision space” to destroy incoming loitering munitions and need tools to take them down.

» Every squad will get anti-drone gear, Marine Corps says
23/07/24 15:46 from Defense One - All Content
With “zero decision space” to deal with incoming UAVs, troops need tools to take them down.

» Raytheon hunting for another US supplier of solid rocket motors
23/07/24 14:19 from Defense One - All Content
As missile orders soar, a lack of engines is bottlenecking production.

» The D Brief: Secret Service chief resigns; Biden’s allied focus; B-52s to Romania; The wrong drone lessons?; And a bit more.
23/07/24 11:30 from Defense One - All Content

» Azerbaijan’s Aliyev Extends Arbitrary Detentions Even as He Prepares to Host Global Climate Conference COP29
23/07/24 09:10 from Just Security
Gubad Ibadoghlu's case represents a trend of falsely imprisoning human rights defenders that casts a shadow on a premier annual gathering. The post Azerbaijan’s Aliyev Extends Arbitrary Detentions Even as He Prepares to Host Global Clima...

» The ICC’s Use of Evidence Obtained by Torture Sets a Dangerous Precedent
23/07/24 08:57 from Just Security
The Court’s recent conviction of Al Hassan undermines the connective tissue binding criminal law to human rights standards. The post The ICC’s Use of Evidence Obtained by Torture Sets a Dangerous Precedent appeared first on Just Security .

» Early Edition: July 23, 2024
23/07/24 07:38 from Just Security
Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the past 24 hours. Here’s today’s news: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS Vice President Kamala Harris asserted herself yesterd...

» Can AI speed up the discovery of new materials? Army aims to find out
23/07/24 06:00 from Defense One - All Content
Two contracts to a Google spinoff seek innovations in vehicles, electrical systems.

» Pentagon’s new Arctic strategy focuses on adversaries, new technologies
22/07/24 22:35 from Defense One - All Content
China and Russia and working more closely in the Arctic, DOD says. That’s forcing more research into unmanned systems.

» Pentagon’s new Arctic strategy focuses on adversaries, new tech
22/07/24 22:35 from Defense One - All Content
China and Russia and working more closely in the Arctic, DOD says. That’s forcing more research into unmanned systems.

» American Autocracy Threat Tracker
22/07/24 22:01 from Just Security
A comprehensive catalog based on former President Donald Trump and his associates’ autocratic plans, promises, and propositions. The post American Autocracy Threat Tracker appeared first on Just Security .

» COUNTER-TERRORISM: Unexpected Red Sea Naval War
22/07/24 20:26 from StrategyPage.com

» PROCUREMENT: NATO Reality Check in Ukraine
22/07/24 20:24 from StrategyPage.com

» New design for next-gen UK-Italy-Japan fighter unveiled
22/07/24 17:35 from Defense One - All Content
But it’s no longer clear that Britain wants to prioritize a sixth-generation jet—much like the U.S. Air Force.

» US risks learning the wrong lessons about Ukraine’s drones, expert says
22/07/24 17:14 from Defense One - All Content
Ukraine is increasingly using drones for mining and resupply, even as drone use analysis focuses on strikes.

» US shouldn't learn the wrong lessons about Ukraine’s drones, expert says
22/07/24 17:14 from Defense One - All Content
Unmanned strikes get the attention in reports and social media, but Ukrainian forces are increasingly using drones to sow mines and haul supplies.

» Can Biden’s arsenal-of-democracy foreign policy outlast him?
22/07/24 16:43 from Defense One - All Content
The president's focus on alliance building will be hard to replicate.

» Trial Set to Start Next Year in Bombing of U.S.S. Cole
22/07/24 15:01 from United States Defense and Military Forces
The judge reserved a courtroom for fall 2025. Seventeen U.S. sailors were killed in the bombing, which was a precursor to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

» One of the Republican Convention’s Weirdest Lies
22/07/24 12:02 from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces
It was one long exercise in creating memories of a Trump term that never existed.

» A Synopsis of ICJ Finding Israel’s Occupation of Palestinian Territory in Violation of International Law
22/07/24 11:22 from Just Security
Israel must end its occupation of Palestine territory, the International Court of Justice said in an advisory opinion. The post A Synopsis of ICJ Finding Israel’s Occupation of Palestinian Territory in Violation of International Law appe...

» The D Brief: Biden’s natsec legacy; Russia advances on supply hub; Ukraine’s anti-drone sensor net; UK-show news; And a bit more.
22/07/24 11:15 from Defense One - All Content

» What to Know About the Trump Shooting Investigations
22/07/24 09:49 from NYT > Federal Bureau of Investigation
Multiple inquiries by law enforcement, Congress and federal agencies aim to understand how a would-be assassin was able to fire at Donald J. Trump.

» Assessing the Civilian and Political Institutions of Armed Non-State Actors under International Law
22/07/24 09:08 from Just Security
International law must better understand and account for the realities of civilian life in territory under armed group control. The post Assessing the Civilian and Political Institutions of Armed Non-State Actors under International Law ...

» Early Edition: July 22, 2024
22/07/24 07:50 from Just Security
Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the weekend. Here’s today’s news: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS President Biden abandoned his reelection bid yesterday afte...

» Gunman at Rally for Former President Trump Had Drone in Car
21/07/24 23:06 from NYT > Federal Bureau of Investigation
Investigators have information that suggests a man intent on assassinating former President Donald J. Trump flew the device over the campaign event location on the day of the shooting.

» PROCUREMENT: Indo-American Defense Collaboration
21/07/24 20:04 from StrategyPage.com

» LEADERSHIP: China Fails at Fighting Corruption
21/07/24 20:02 from StrategyPage.com

» More bad news for Boeing defense on the horizon
21/07/24 14:04 from Defense One - All Content
The company is still “fighting through challenges” building new Air Force One planes, defense chief says.

» SURFACE FORCES : Taiwan Adopts Novel Defense
20/07/24 21:59 from StrategyPage.com

» LIBYA: July Update
20/07/24 21:58 from StrategyPage.com

» Ukraine’s cheap sensors are helping troops fight off waves of Russian drones
20/07/24 16:14 from Defense One - All Content
Sub-$500 rig helps save expensive air-defense missiles for bigger threats.

» Lockheed won’t get paid in full yet for upgraded F-35s, even as deliveries resume
20/07/24 11:38 from Defense One - All Content
The jets are being shipped with incomplete software, so the Pentagon is withholding part of its payment.

» Air Force brought in hard-nosed negotiator to close E-7 deal with Boeing
20/07/24 11:21 from Defense One - All Content
The service was struggling to reach an agreement for its new radar plane.

» A Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (July 15-July 19)
20/07/24 09:00 from Just Security
Democracy • Civilian Harm • International Justice • Trump Court Cases • Menendez Conviction • Presidential Power • NATO Summit • Intelligence Reform • Podcast The post A Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (July 15-July 19) appear...

» CrowdStrike Issue, Not Russia or China, Caused Tech Outage
20/07/24 08:35 from NYT > Cyberwarfare
With each cascade of digital disaster, new vulnerabilities emerge. The latest chaos wasn’t caused by an adversary, but it provided a road map of American vulnerabilities at a critical moment.

» WINNING: Russia Relents On Threats To NATO
19/07/24 20:04 from StrategyPage.com

» NAVAL AIR: CVN-74 Midlife Overhaul Casualties
19/07/24 20:02 from StrategyPage.com

» SEA TRANSPORTATION: The Ongoing Battle For The Red Sea
18/07/24 20:20 from StrategyPage.com

» After Biden Flub, Pentagon Spokeswoman Says Austin Has ‘Absolute Confidence’ in President
18/07/24 15:30 from United States Defense and Military Forces
Mr. Biden appeared to forget the name of his Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin III, and instead refers to him as the “Black man” in an interview with BET.

» Pentagon Warns ISIS Attacks Could Double This Year
18/07/24 10:26 from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces
Attacks claimed by ISIS in Iraq and Syria are on track to double last year’s total, the U.S. military said in a report, as the terrorist group’s affiliates become increasingly deadly elsewhere around the world.

» Republicans Seek to Remind R.N.C. Viewers About Deadly Afghanistan Withdrawal
18/07/24 00:28 from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces
Relatives of several service members who were killed when a suicide bomb exploded at a gate to the airport in Kabul in August 2021 delivered an anguished tribute.

» Navy Exonerates Black Sailors Unfairly Convicted After World War II Disaster
17/07/24 18:53 from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces
The men had objected to working until safety concerns were addressed following an explosion at a port near San Francisco that claimed hundreds of lives.

» How Julian Assange Lit the Fuse on the Digital World
29/06/24 12:30 from NYT > Cyberwarfare
In his brazen quest for total transparency, the WikiLeaks founder paved the way for a world in which no secret is safe and no institution trusted.

» The Aftermath of a U.K. Cyberattack: Blood Shortages and Delayed Operations
14/06/24 13:53 from NYT > Cyberwarfare
Several London hospitals, still reeling from a cyberattack last week, have made an urgent plea to medical students to help stem the disruption.

» London Hospitals Face Major Disruptions After Cyberattack
05/06/24 13:48 from NYT > Cyberwarfare
A system used by several major London hospitals was targeted in a ransomware cyberattack, forcing the cancellation of services and the diversion of patients.

» Why a Pacific Island Is Blaming China for a Hack
02/06/24 00:01 from NYT > Cyberwarfare
Palau’s claims that China orchestrated the attack remain unproven. But it’s clear that the breach presents a danger for another ally of Palau: the United States.

» U.K. Summons Chinese Ambassador for Reprimand as Tensions Rise
14/05/24 18:24 from NYT > Cyberwarfare
Britain’s foreign office said it had reprimanded the Chinese ambassador, a day after three men were charged with assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service.

» China : Secret seminars for Chinese Communist Party future leaders
13/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The time has come for Chinese President Xi Jinping to train the next generation of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials. According to information gathered on the ground, the presidency and the CCP have begun to identify particularly b...

» France : France developing own recognition AI for navy special forces
13/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
France's Centre de Développement des Applications de la Défense (CDAD) in Toulon is developing a tool for the automated analysis

» Europe/Malaysia/United States : Malaysian PM's secret list of 'Zionist' defence firms
13/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's officials engaged in a curious dance when their boss visited the Defense Services Asia trade

» France/Malaysia/United States/Yemen : MEIO left out, Hezbollah ties, changes at Pentagon, purges in Beijing
13/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
France/Malaysia - Malaysian intelligence feels cold shoulder from ParisThe Malaysian External Intelligence Organisation (IO, 25/07/18) recently voiced its frustration with

» France/United States : French military wants greater insight into US defence technology processes
13/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Taking some care to be discreet, the French military command opened a small tender in late April in search of

» Afghanistan/Europe : Taliban tightens rules for EU and UN security contractors
13/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Interested contractors were to have had until 13 May to respond to the call for tenders to secure the European

» Ukraine/United States : Russian diplomatic and commercial pressure to stop Ukraine's secondhand arms purchases
10/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Kazakhstan's sale of 81 disassembled Soviet-era fighter jets to the United States to be sent to Ukraine has triggered an information war. After various Ukrainian news sites announced the sale on 26 April, various Russian-linked sites den...

» Ukraine : Balloon warfare in the skies over Ukraine
10/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The Aerobavovna company, headed by Yuriy Vysoven, is currently deploying aerostats specially developed for intelligence missions en masse on the

» China/France : Le Meilleur: Xi Jinping's security officers' Chinese food of choice in Paris
10/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
On the morning of 8 May, Le Meilleur, the Asian delicatessen in Paris's 7th arrondissement, just a stone's throw from

» United Kingdom : Christopher Geidt moves closer to Jonathan Marland, who has strong ties to Kuwait
10/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Christopher Geidt, Baron Geidt, a former private secretary to Queen Elizabeth II, is continuing his professional adventures despite stepping down

» Vietnam : Unit C03 hears from accountants in risky anti-corruption probe
10/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
On 14 April, the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security's anti-corruption entity, Unit C03, announced it wants to bring the management

» United States : US Congress seeks new body to channel OSINT resources towards target countries
09/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Only a few weeks after the US's intelligence community published its first strategy on the use of open sources (OSINT), the country's legislators have come forward with their own proposals by calling for the creation of a new open source

» European Union/Israel/Spain/United States : Kallisto's decoy tech, Frontex intelligence budget hike, former Claroty VP teaser
09/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Washington/Madrid - Trials of Spanish GEOINT decoy techThe United States Army Futures Command (AFC) led by General James Rainey is

» Saudi Arabia : Boston Consulting Group's space sector work at centre of Saudi government turf war
09/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Intelligence Online has learned that Boston Consulting Group is close to completing a multi-year project to write Saudi Arabia's official

» China : Xi Jinping's Presidential Research Office, nuclear reactor of geopolitical analysis
09/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The Presidential Research Office doesn't figure in the official organisational chart of the president's office, but Intelligence Online can confirm

» United Kingdom : Short-lived UKIP leader moves into private investigations
09/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Henry Bolton, who led the Eurosceptic UK Independence Party (UKIP) for several months in 2017 and 20`18, registered the firm

» China/United States : Amentum recruits for Washington's acoustic intelligence battle with China in Pacific
09/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
American defence contractor Amentum is currently busy recruiting naval and acoustic intelligence experts and naval drone specialists. According to our

» United Kingdom : Intelligence sidelined as British election rivals talk up defence
08/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
While the prospect of reduced military spending has provoked strong reactions and commitments from both sides of Britain's political divide, the reduction in the intelligence budget, the drastic scale of which Intelligence Online reveale...

» Italy : Italian cyber defence champion DEAS goes on the offensive
08/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The Italian company DEAS (Difesa e Analisi Sistemi) is gradually establishing itself as the Italian Ministry of Defence's cyber defence

» Oman/United Kingdom : Muscat favouring UK space-tech providers after energetic lobbying by British embassy
08/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
While the biggest spenders in the Gulf space race, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, have shown few loyalties

» Iraq/United States : Iraqi PM seeking gentlemen's agreement with Washington
08/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
During his week-long visit to the United States at the end of April, his first since his election in October

» United States : Embattled credit rating agency calls corporate intelligence firm to the rescue
08/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
New court documents in a case brought against the credit rating agency Egan-Jones by two of its former executives, reveal

» Hong Kong/United Kingdom/United States : Utley and Chandler join forces, Ogiro Risk, FTI Consulting
08/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Austin - Josh Chandler and Kyeson Utley join forces as private investigatorsTexan cyber intelligence firm SpookyGood and Californian investigator Justice

» U.K. Armed Forces’ Data Is Exposed in Hostile Cyberattack
07/05/24 14:52 from NYT > Cyberwarfare
A payroll system used by Britain’s Ministry of Defense was targeted in a cyberattack that some lawmakers alleged was orchestrated by China.

» A New Diplomatic Strategy Emerges as Artificial Intelligence Grows
07/05/24 14:08 from NYT > Cyberwarfare
The new U.S. approach to cyberthreats comes as early optimism about a “global internet” connecting the world has been shattered.

» France/Iraq/UN/Vatican : From the Vatican to Paris, pro-Iranian Shiite militias moving into Iraqi embassies
07/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
"He's due to arrive soon, but we don't yet know when." Staff at the Iraqi representation at UNESCO have confirmed they are awaiting the arrival of Baghdad's new envoy, Asaad Turki Sawari, a professor of political science at Nahrain Unive...

» Baltic States/Ukraine/United States : Ex-CIA officer's ambitious plans to train Baltic states in drone warfare take shape
07/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
After 20 years of working for the CIA at Langley, in various fields and then in the private sector, James

» France/Myanmar : Retired US Marine opens doors for security firms in Myanmar
07/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
GEOS, the private security arm of ADIT, won a six-year €9.25m contract last month to provide protection and security to

» France : Transparency over think-tank funding debated as part of foreign interference bill
07/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
An amendment aimed at tightening funding rules for think tanks was tabled during debates last month in the French National

» France/Syria : DGSE memo on Syrian chemical programme upholds justification for French sanctions against Beirut-based firm
07/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The French foreign intelligence service, the DGSE, has Electronic Katrangi Trading (EKT) under close watch. On 8 April, the Paris

» France : Société Générale poised to pick between two candidates to replace security boss
07/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The CEO of Société Générale, Slawomir Krupa, who has been in that role since May 2023, is expected to shortly

» China : China's State Security tightens grip on universities
06/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Intelligence Online has learned the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS), or Gonganbu, has been in control of the country's universities for at least the past six months. MSS police officers have been helping those of the Chinese Com...

» Europe/Russia : What Russian GPS jammers are really targeting in Estonia
06/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
When flights into Estonia's Tartu Airport were suspended on 29 April due to Russian GPS jamming in the Baltic region,

» France/Iraq : French defence manufacturers in Iraq predicament
06/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
A delegation of around 20 companies from French land defence industries body Gicat (Groupement des Industries Françaises de Défense et

» France : Author of book about France's DGSI faces trial after secret recordings found
06/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Two years after journalist Alex Jordanov was charged with disclosing classified information and other offences over his 2019 book "Les

» China/France : Chinese PM's flights downgraded, new French Defence Attaché in Beijing, DGSE's spy writers
06/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
China: PM snubbed on state flightsWhile the Chinese premier Li Qiang continues to play an active role in the country's

» China/France/UAE/United States : Foreign Legion veterans no longer needed to watch over disgraced Binance cryptocurrency group boss
06/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Changpeng Zhao, founder of cryptocurrency exchange platform Binance, was finally given a prison sentence by an American court on 30

» France : French interior ministry examines growing use of advertising in offensive intelligence
03/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The French interior ministry is closely monitoring the progress made by cyber specialists in new penetration techniques. Intelligence Online understands

» France : France's DGSI domestic intelligence on edge ahead of Xi Jinping's visit
03/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Ahead of the arrival of President Xi Jinping, who could land on French soil as early as Sunday evening (IO,

» United States : Turbulent times ahead for new NSA boss and Five Eyes keystone Gen. Haugh
03/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
In the run-up to the US presidential election on 5 November, the new head of the NSA and US Cyber

» Vietnam : VinFast case turns into private investigators' money spinner
03/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The case of Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer VinFast, which hours after it listed on the Nasdaq in August 2023 become

» France : Forward Global networks for Glencore as New Caledonia mine flounders
03/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Corporate intelligence firm Forward Global (formerly Avisa Partners) spoke on behalf of Glencore with the French president's office and various

» Germany/Saudi Arabia/Turkey : Saudi go-between for Turkish and German defence firms on the rise in MbS's inner circle
03/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Salman bin Nasser Abu-Habib Al Shathry is steadily making himself indispensable to anyone wanting to sign defence contracts in Riyadh.

» China/Hong Kong : Chinese Communist Party puts Hong Kong schools and universities under direct surveillance
02/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Talking about it is forbidden in Hong Kong but, over the last four months, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) cells have been set up in all the universities in the "special administrative region". According to Intelligence Online's informatio...

» Ukraine/United Kingdom : Kyiv targets Russian infrastructure with AI-assisted drones and UK support
02/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The Ukrainian armed forces, and notably the military intelligence service, the GUR, has partnered with local drone partner Terminal Autonomy,

» Belgium/United States : GEOINT and Chat-GPT, SS8 in Tunis, Belgium's cyber command Tempest zoning
02/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Kissimmee - Geo-ChatGPT debated in FloridaThe rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) modelled on ChatGPT in geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) will

» Israel/Ukraine : Piranha-Tech, Kyiv's Israeli interception and jamming equipment supplier
02/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
As Kyiv continues as best it can to develop its electronic warfare technology (IO, 19/04/24), incubators working in this field,

» France : French investigators persist in bypassing national legal interception platform
02/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The French audit office, the Cour des Comptes, has criticised in a recent report the tendency of judicical investigators to

» United States : Former Ernst & Young investigator joins boutique intelligence firm
02/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Boutique investigations firm Telescope Research has hired EY's (formerly Ernst & Young) ex-Canada Intelligence Practitioner Daniel Maki to work on

» United States : Mintz Group and Peter Barakett roped into short-seller saga
01/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Corporate intelligence firms Due Diligence Consulting and Mintz Group have been roped into a dispute between a notorious short-seller and a skin graft maker accused of invasion of privacy. The two firms received subpoenas from Marc Cohod...

» Poland/United States : Warsaw uses US equipment to reactivate its Soviet era ground interception stations
01/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Poland's military intelligence service, the Sluzba Wywiadu Wojskowego (SWW), is currently using the services of US company Antenna Products to

» United Kingdom : Alchem Technologies allies British and American data integration know-how
01/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The International Relations and Defence Committee of the British House of Lords, which has been organising a series hearings into

» United Kingdom : Lord Wharton and businessman Temerko join forces again for new energy project
01/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
James Wharton, Lord Wharton of Yarm, who ran Boris Johnson's Conservative party leadership campaign, became a director and co-shareholder of

» Azerbaijan/France/Switzerland : Opposition infighting plays into hands of intelligence services
01/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
With the court case brought against Azerbaijani blogger Mahammad Mirzali by the former chairman of national oil company SOCAR (2005-2022)

» UAE/Yemen : UAE maps highly strategic Socotra Island from space
01/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Chinese group Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co Ltd (CGSTL)'s Jilin observation satellites captured images of the entire Socotra Archipelago in

» Switzerland/United Kingdom/United States : Gunvor Group, Alaco, Exiger, Control Risks
01/05/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
London - Former Schillings investigator joins GunvorThe hiring of Rayna Milkova in early April by oil trader Gunvor Group has

» France : Move into politics sets back publication of ex-spy chief's follow-up memoir
30/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
In early March, former spy chief Christophe Gomart delivered the second volume of his memoirs to publishing house Tallandier, which in 2020 brought out his best-selling "Soldat de l'ombre. Au cœur des forces spéciales" ("Shadow Soldier: ...

» China/Russia/United States : Washington, Beijing and Moscow square off in space after spy satellite launches
30/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The launch of the first two WorldView Legion high-resolution observation satellites from geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) giant Maxar could take place

» France/Philippines/Vietnam : New defence attachés carry French hopes for armament contracts in Indo-Pacific
30/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
After announcing last August that it was creating a defence attaché post for its embassy in Manila (IO, 16/08/23), where

» Belarus : Belarus military intelligence helps Russia analyse East European air bases
30/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The highly secretive 581st analysis and forecast centre of the GRU, the Belarusian military intelligence agency, has submitted its report

» China/France : Beijing tries to entice Paris into parallel Russia-Ukraine peace talks
30/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The preparations for President Xi Jinping's visit to Paris in early May (IO, 23/04/24 and 10/04/24) have given an idea

» Iran/North Korea/Russia/Ukraine : Iran and North Korea munition support to Russia could slow
30/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Despite the current Russian push on the frontline, Kyiv is counting on a few pieces of good news with regard

» Ukraine/United States : Conservative evangelical Republicans mobilise DC lobby firms to boost Ukraine support
30/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Since the start of the year, the DCI Group, a Washington, DC, PR and lobbying firm, has been busy trying

» United States : Washington without intelligence chief for top priority China
29/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
While US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a high-profile visit to Shanghai and Beijing last week, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) remained without a chief analyst for China, as it has done for weeks. Acco...

» China/United States : Spy space race: US intelligence shadowing Chinese spy satellites
29/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Intelligence Online has learned that a new US intelligence satellite has just been placed in exactly the same geosynchronous orbit

» China/Germany : The Western companies caught up in China's tech espionage network
29/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The German federal public prosecutor's office announced on 22 April the arrest and indictment of three Germans suspected of involvement

» France : Presidential diplomatic reshuffle opens new ambassadorial appointments
29/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Intelligence Online has learned that President Emmanuel Macron's Americas, Asia and Oceania adviser Walid Fouque will be stepping down from

» Russia : Russian military intel posing behind false flags to recruit sleeper agents in France
29/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The Russian military intelligence service GU (formerly GRU) is actively seeking to recruit sources and agents of influence on French

» France/Ukraine/United Kingdom : Tracfin blacklists chauffeur, ex-MI6 chief speaks to parliament, Ukraine's Alpha sleuths in Paris
29/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
France - Tracfin says no to debt-ridden chauffeur with a penchant for prostitutesOn 1 March, the Paris administrative court upheld

» Armenia/United Kingdom : Sanctuary Counsel chosen to put Yerevan in contact with British defence companies
29/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The government in Yerevan, which has already begun talks with Washington and Paris as part of a major swing towards

» Azerbaijan/Czech Republic : Azerbaijan's security elite flocks to Carlsbad hotels favoured by Azeri presidential family
26/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
When they fancy a few days' rest out of sight, the top brass of DTX, Azerbaijan's domestic security service, make themselves at home in the Carlsbad region of the Czech Republic, more specifically in the town of Brezova. DTX boss

» Qatar : Qatari diplomats seek to secure their communications
26/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The Qatari foreign ministry of Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who is also the emirate's prime minister, has for several

» Saudi Arabia : Riyadh considers buying European air defence systems rather than more costly US Patriot
26/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Iran's air attack on Israel on 14 April can be expected to strengthen Riyadh's wish to boost its air defence

» China/Serbia : Beijing leads BRICS long march to Europe
26/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is seriously considering moving away from dreams of joining the European Union and instead joining the

» United Kingdom/United States : Mining financier active in China seeks to make inroads in Washington
26/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The little-known owner of a British advisory and brokerage firm in the mining industry has registered to lobby in the

» Africa/France/Ukraine/United States : Western allies' reservations about deployment of Ukrainian special forces against Russia in Africa
25/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
It is the most audacious operation currently being prepared by Ukraine's military intelligence service, the GUR. It wants to send its special forces to combat Russia on the African continent, according to several interviews carried out b...

» Israel/Portugal : Portuguese navy boosts underwater intelligence with Israeli drone
25/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The Portuguese navy is currently testing the BlueWhale underwater intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) drone made by ELTA, a subsidiary

» Philippines/Russia/United States : Brain drain: Russian energy and banking veterans slip into Asian fintech
25/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Salmon, a Philippine fintech company founded two years ago, has been gathering momentum since it took over the Laguna-based Rural

» United Kingdom/United States : British parliamentary oversight of intelligence dreams of US model
25/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
A delegation from the US House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) is due in London at the end of

» Cambodia : Cambodian police chief and interior minister weakened in security shake-up
25/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
On 8 April, Cambodian prime minister Hun Manet sacked criminal police chief Yam Sing Mao by decree, without giving any

» France/Tunisia : The score-settling saga behind dismissal of DGSE case officer
24/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
On 19 March the Paris Administrative Court of Appeal threw out a complaint lodged by a former Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (DGSE) case officer who had sought €95,000 in compensation over his 2018 dismissal for what his em...

» United States : Boeing eyes New Delhi's new spy planes for its latest technical intelligence pod
24/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Argon ST, the interception (SIGINT) subsidiary of US plane maker Boeing, is considering selling its technical intelligence (SIGINT) pod Lighthouse

» France/United States : Subsea cables: Google sets sights on New Caledonia
24/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
According to Intelligence Online sources, Google Cloud, which is rolling out its new subsea cable network as part of its

» Kazakhstan/United States : Astana boosts ties with US Republicans ahead of a possible Trump return
24/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
US senator Steve Daines's visit to Kazakhstan at the end of March to meet President Kassym-Jomart Tokaïev and members of

» France/Ukraine : Macron resumes plans for Kyiv visit
24/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Our sources in Kyiv and Paris tell us that French President Emmanuel Macron has renewed plans for a visit to the Ukrainian capital in the very near future.

» China/France : Chinese Marseille consul preferred over ambassador to prep Xi Jinping's France trip
23/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has made up its mind. For the organisation of President Xi Jinping's visit to France in May (IO, 10/04/24), Dong Guangli, China's consul general in Marseille, has been given the key role in preference to

» France : Oppida to secure information systems of French foreign intelligence agency's new HQ
23/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The government has published the winners of the bid to construct the new headquarters of the French foreign intelligence service,

» United States : Washington widens definition of intelligence to facilitate counternarcotics efforts
23/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
An amendment signed into law by US President Joe Biden on 20 April updates the definition of foreign intelligence to

» Iraq/United States : Strategic communication veterans behind lawsuit targeting Kurdish leaders for embezzlement and murder
23/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Iraqi Kurdistan's lobbyists in Washington - from the lobbying firm ArentFox Schiff and others orbiting around the American Kurdish Committee

» Turkey/Ukraine/United States : Ankara eyes shopping list for Ukraine's US-budgeted arms
23/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Ahead of Erdogan's visit to Washington, DC in May, with US financial aid to Kyiv hopefully being made available again, Turkish military diplomacy is working hard to supply Ukraine with new equipment.

» France : Intelligence services keep watch as pro-Russia French fighters return from Donbas
22/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Mickael Takahashi is fond of leaving Google reviews of the bars, restaurants and gyms he visits. For the past five months, the thirty-year-old, one of the first French nationals to have gone to fight for Russia during Moscow's invasion of

» China/UAE : Chinese Uspace zooms in on Middle East to expand its Earth Observation business
22/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The Chinese commercial space company Uspace Technology Group, coveted by Beijing, is planning to step up its sales effort in

» UAE : AI, 6G, UAV, weapons system: Abu Dhabi's spymasters structure their tech research tools
22/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The 16 April announcement of a $1.5bn investment by Microsoft in artificial intelligence (AI) company Group 42 (G42) and the

» Russia/Ukraine : Wagner recruits drone experts for Central African Republic
22/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
On 12 April, the Wagner militia in Africa urgently began recruiting people with experience using drones, who are prepared for immediate departure.

» United Kingdom : Former MI6 chief John Sawers returns to intelligence via private sector
22/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Investigative consultancy Good Governance Group (G3) has hired former Secret Intelligence Service (aka MI6) director John Sawers to chair its

» Israel : New Israeli operator moves into commercial advertising intelligence
19/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
In early April, the multi-faceted entrepreneur Guy Gildor stepped down from the board of OpenD, an Israeli firm that specialises in

» Ukraine : Ukrainian army banks on miniaturisation for electronic warfare supremacy
19/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
In recent weeks, the Ukrainian electronic warfare specialist Infozahyst has been working on a compact new signals interception and jamming

» Vietnam : Chinese internet control specialist Beyondsoft opens Ho Chi Minh City office
19/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Big data and cybersecurity specialist Beyondsoft Technology, which also helps censure content online in China, opened a subsidiary in Vietnam

» Yemen : Security and Intelligence Service chief Abdul Hakim Al Khaiwani jostles for position in Houthi hierarchy
19/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The subject did not make the front pages like the missile exchanges between the Houthis and the 20-country, US-led coalition

» United States : Lawyer in BTA Bank vs Ablyazov case leaves to focus on new legal AI company
19/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
As the hunt for billions of dollars in looted money from Kazakhstan's BTA Bank continues to play out in New

» France/Malaysia/Turkey : Turkish networks overtake Europe in Malaysia's defence sector
18/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
According to our sources, Turkey's parastatal shipyard Savunma Teknolojieri Muhendiskil (STM) is to supply its Combat Management System (CMS) for the second batch of littoral mission ships that Ankara is selling to the Malaysian navy, be...

» UAE : How Abu Dhabi is carving out a place for itself in 6G
18/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Abu Dhabi is accelerating its development of the new 6G telecoms norms, according to Intelligence Online sources, thanks to the

» United States : Cohen Group works to boost US defence groups in Ukraine
18/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
British general Tim Radford was NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe until last year and a few weeks ago finalised

» United Kingdom : Joint Expeditionary Force to strengthen influence of UK military intelligence
18/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The United Kingdom, faced with the threat of a decline in its international influence, sees the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF)

» Ukraine/United Kingdom/United States : Zinc Network, key UK and US partner in information warfare support to Kyiv
18/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Strategic communications firm Zinc Network is finalising its latest report on Russian disinformation campaigns in Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania, which

» France/Qatar/Switzerland/Tahiti : French corruption probe into 2022 World Cup zooms in on controversial consultant
17/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The judge in charge of the Paris Judicial Court's financial division, Serge Tournaire, has Qatar's emir, Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, in his sights. The probe launched nearly nine years ago into Qatar's alleged purchase of votes from the ex...

» Ukraine : Ukraine deploys its new Vega drone imaging software
17/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
It goes under the name of Vega (Bexa in Cyrillic script) and is a word which Ukrainian drone operators are

» United States : APTelecom consultants at heart of US Indo-Pacific subsea cable strategy
17/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
US telecommunications services provider and consultancy APTelecom appears to be a key contractor of Google and Australian firm Telstra's Pacific

» United Kingdom : Stuart Leach Associates, bolstered by former Bell Pottinger staff, strengthens its investigations capacities
17/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Public relations and communications firm Stuart Leach Associates (SLA), which was set up in late 2022 by reputation management litigation

» China/Italy : After Italy's exit from Belt and Road Initiative, Meloni hopes to renew ties with Xi
17/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Just a few months have gone by between Italy's withdrawal from China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in December (IO,

» Bulgaria/Ukraine : Arsenal JSC, Kyiv's Bulgarian arms hub, part 1: From Soviet equipment broker to combat drone supplier
16/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Russian open source (OSINT) Telegram channels have been blowing up over the past few weeks. As Intelligence Online was able to confirm with Ukrainian security sources, the Bulgarian company Hades Defense Systems is designing a suicide dr...

» UAE : Abu Dhabi's CPX-Core42 merger plans have cyber providers worried
16/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Emirati cyber intelligence provider CPX is to soon become part of Core42, the new entity of national artificial intelligence specialist

» Bulgaria/United States : Arsenal JSC, Kyiv's Bulgarian arms hub, part 2: A Soviet-era equipment broker's networks with the Pentagon
16/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Bulgaria's biggest private defence company, Arsenal JSC, has recently hired Florida-based weapon distributor Manticore Defense to support its operations in

» Canada : Ottawa strengthens Arctic intelligence capacity to meet US expectations
16/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
As part of the federal budget presentation to parliament on 16 April, Justin Trudeau's government presented a 36-page defence policy

» France : ADIT reshuffles line-up after Défense Conseil International acquisition
16/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
In the two weeks since acquiring Défense Conseil International (DCI) from the French state (IO, 22/03/24), corporate intelligence firm ADIT

» France/Poland/Ukraine : Upset over secret French-Ukraine imagery deal
15/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The bilateral security deal signed by French president Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in mid-February contains, according to our information, a secret component: Paris committed to provide more satellite image...

» Norway/Russia : Russian electronic warfare threat in Arctic spurs Norway into action
15/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Russia's deployment of new electronic warfare means in the Kola Peninsula has the Norwegian Electronic Warfare Centre (NEWC) worried. The

» France/Indonesia/Saudi Arabia/Ukraine : Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and Ukraine to star at Eurosatory defence fair
15/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The Eurosatory defence fair, which is due to take place at Villepinte in the Paris suburbs on 17 and 21

» Africa/Hungary : Well-connected cop on track to be Hungary's consul in Chad
15/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The Hungarian government is considering appointing Zoltán Pataki, a veteran of international security missions in Africa, to open the Hungarian

» Ukraine : Homegrown Ukrainian corporate intelligence aims for big league
15/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Ukrainian corporate intelligence firm Cosa celebrated its tenth birthday on 20 March. It was an opportunity for the small company

» France/UAE : Abu Dhabi deploys charm offensive at Paris Book Fair
15/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The Paris Book Fair, held this past weekend, was the setting for an Emirati influence offensive, wherein representatives of a research centre distributed brochures in English and Arabic attacking the Muslim Brotherhood.

» Russia/Ukraine : Ukrainian military intelligence innovates to thwart Russian war effort
12/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Ukraine's military intelligence service, the GUR, is mobilising the country's drone manufacturing industry to produce new systems able to strike

» France/Ukraine : Bidders compete for Ukrainian military training contract following turbulent tender process
12/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
After a series of mishaps, candidates keen to bid on the French ministry of armed forces' restricted tender for the

» Armenia : The Blue Mosque, a rare Iranian diplomatic haven in the heart of Yerevan
12/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The Armenian capital is not merely a place where Western powers rub shoulders uneasily with Russia and Azerbaijan. It is

» France/Moldova : Chisinau counts on Paris to help combat information attacks
12/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
A few weeks after signing a defence cooperation deal on 7 March, France and Moldova's security relations are at an

» Cambodia/Vietnam : Hun Manith, a security prince of moderate spying means
12/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The low-profile Hun Manith is not often seen outside Phnom Penh's political circles, except for the rare diner at a

» Israel/United States : Ex-Mossad officer goes undercover in online political ad agency battles
12/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
A former Mossad agent has provided compromising information to targeted ad agency AIDIgital against two of its former employees.

» France/United States : Race to find 5G interception openings hots up
11/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Interception specialists are pursuing their efforts to find ways of helping the intelligence services get round the security protocols used by 5G cellular telephone networks in Standalone access (SA) mode. They are looking for ways to at...

» Lithuania/Russia/United Kingdom : Vilnius buys from Aaronia, Illuminate in UK, VREC speeds up production
11/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Vilnius - Border guard buys German drone detection systemThe Lithiuanian border guard continues to increase its tool kit for controlling

» Saudi Arabia : NCMS to play key role in Saudi R&D defence drive
11/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Saudi Arabia's National Company for Mechanical Systems (NCMS) looks to be in the process of setting up a division devoted

» France/Morocco/Netherlands/United States : French spy agency blocks security clearance for anti-EU job applicant
11/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
An administrative court in Versailles on 14 March upheld the decision to refuse the candidate the "top secret" clearance required

» United States : Robotics hacking dispute with Chinese links ropes in domain companies
11/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
A dispute between a Pittsburg-based robotics company and a former employee has roped in two internet domain companies, according to

» Armenia/Europe/France : Former NATO secretary-general lobbying for Yerevan
11/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Ex-NATO secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen penned an op-ed in support of Armenia in Le Monde on 4 April, but his article failed to mention that his firm has lobbied for Yerevan since last year.

» China/France/Hungary/Serbia : Budapest, Belgrade, Paris: a glimpse inside Xi Jinping's upcoming European tour
10/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The date has been set for several weeks but - to the dismay of Chinese negotiators who usually like to have a precise agenda set six to eight weeks in advance - the content of the talks is still to

» France/United States : OSINT specialist Social Links launches revamp
10/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Open source intelligence (OSINT) specialist Social Links has been busy restructuring. The company was co-founded by Ivan Shkvarun and Andrey

» Australia/Philippines/United States : Google set to clinch deal with SubCom over Indo-Pacific submarine cables
10/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Google Cloud and US submarine fibre optic cable specialist SubCom are currently negotiating a 10-year commercial agreement, Intelligence Online has

» Saudi Arabia/United States : Saudi defence R&D zooms in on Boston's innovation ecosystem
10/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Mishary bin Saad Al Ghunaim is one of several VIP consultants to have joined the General Authority for Defense Development

» Ukraine : Kyiv faced with inter-agency spats over information warfare
10/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The Ukrainian bodies responsible for strategic communications - stratcom - are still struggling to get their act together. That is

» Turkey/United Kingdom/United States : Kimmel in Istanbul, McArdle leaves Wallbrook, former Lebanese intelligence veteran in Washington
10/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Istanbul - Investigations veteran Stephen Kimmel joins law firmLong based in Istanbul, the independent private investigator Stephen Kimmel has joined

» United States : Trump Super PAC receives consulting and research help from mysterious Florida company
10/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The Super PAC supporting Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign has doled out millions of dollars to a mysterious limited liability

» UAE : Abu Dhabi spymaster puts his stamp on Emirati space sector remodelling
09/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Last December's announcement of plans to set up the parastatal space conglomerate, Space42, was just the prelude. According to our information, which is based on internal documents, the Emirates intend to use the new body to develop UAE ...

» Saudi Arabia : Abdullah bin Amer Al Swaha, at the heart of the forthcoming Saudi-made 'DARPA'
09/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Although usually keen to publicise its every new defence creation, Riyadh is trying to keep a veil of modesty over

» China/Ecuador/Serbia/United States : Intel agencies fret over Chinese migrants arriving in US via strange new routes
09/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Ecuador, Serbia and the Northern Mariana Islands are just some of the countries and territories that have been visited by

» United States : New CIA deputy digital innovation lead accelerates shift to AI
09/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
After five years as the CIA's deputy director for digital innovation, Jennifer Ewbank officially stepped down on 1 April, leaving

» France : Paris premiere of French secret service documentary draws intelligence crème de la crème
09/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The head of the French foreign intelligence service DGSE, Nicolas Lerner, and his predecessor, diplomat Bernard Emié, both attended the

» Serbia/United Kingdom : Belgrade-based British sleuths seek to create corporate intelligence hub in Serbia
09/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
Investigators Jason MacCarthy and Jelena Griffiths are scouting for new researchers to bolster the team of their newly formed association

» Russia/Ukraine : Kyiv could ban Telegram, a key digital battleground in Russia-Ukraine war
09/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The Russian-made messaging application Telegram has everyone talking in Kyiv. Intelligence Online understands that the Ukrainian government could soon ban

» Armenia/Azerbaijan/France/Israel : NSO Group embroiled in Paris-Baku information wars
08/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
A screenshot of a data extraction platform, seen by Intelligence Online, brings a third party into the fray of the information wars waging between France and Azerbaijan. The screenshot suggests that data extraction software was used on t...

» United States : New Space intelligence troubles worry Pentagon agencies
08/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The same day geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) firm Planet published its results, 28 March, its president of product and business, Kevin

» Taiwan/United States : How Taipei slammed brakes on US-led private special forces project
08/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
As details emerge from lawsuits filed by private service providers in the US, it appears that a project to train

» Hungary : Budapest boosts its soft-power arsenal
08/04/24 00:00 from Intelligence Online : Latest Issue
The Hungarian government has acquired yet another tool for political influence abroad by setting up the John Lukacs Institute within