Spotlight | China, United States
Risk and Intelligence firms' hunger for ex-CIA China experts grows

The Intelligence Gazette
Guoanbu v James Olson, Kyiv in space, White House's new European affairs director, MIT take two at Turkish foreign ministry

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

United States/ChinaChinese spymaster and ex-CIA counter-espionage director still at loggerheads

France/UkraineKyiv envoy talks space defence in Paris

United StatesNational Security Council picks new director for European affairs

TurkeyHakan Fidan takes new steps towards transforming foreign ministry into intel centre

Australia, United Kingdom, United States
CT Group grows its list in US of defence clients

The strategic communications and private investigations firm has signed new lobbying contracts in Washington, DC for companies aiming to position themselves in the US, British and Australian markets.

China, Italy, United States
Information warfare: Washington provides funds to counter Chinese messaging in Italy

The US State Department has given Italy's Istituto Affari Internazionali think tank financial help to contribute to the debate in that country on the risks posed by disinformation from the Chinese Communist Party. That was only the first operation in a wider-ranging US campaign to come in Europe.

United States
US counterintelligence in turmoil over internal flaws

With its internecine quarrels, the indictment of a former high-ranking officer and a structure sometimes deemed deficient, even Congress is worried about the state of US counter-espionage. These concerns have been fuelled by seemingly growing attempts at interference by foreign entities, notably those from Russia and China.

France, United Kingdom, United States
Ergo, Vantage, G3, Silverbridge, Audere, Amarante, GEOS, Baubigeat Zeller

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 Washington, London and Paris.

Libya, Russia, United Kingdom, United States
Ex-CIA agent Dan Hoffman joins CT Group in Washington

The Washington office of the intelligence division of political strategists Mark Textor and Lynton Crosby's CT Group has recruited Daniel Hoffman, a media-friendly former CIA officer in Eurasia.

China, Europe, United States
Strider's EU evangelism on tech theft committed by China

Backed by the Koch family and Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Strider, run by former US intelligence specialists on China and already under contract to the Pentagon, is starting to prospect in Europe.

Hong Kong
Ex-CIA officer Pockette takes charge of Oceania operations at Kalavinka

The Hong Kong-based corporate intelligence firm Bridger Intelligence rebranded to Kalavinka late last year.

United States
Horizon Advisory among panelists for China commission report

The latest report from the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, published on 1 December, included testimony from experts at [...]