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Spotlight | United States
Upheaval and purge planned for intelligence community after huge Donald Trump victory

US President-elect Donald Trump. © Reuters

The intelligence services were a major Trump obsession during his first term and will again be at the heart of his new agenda. The political realignment brought about by his victory has given him the means to radically transform a bureaucracy he has perceived as hostile. [...]

Published on 07/11/2024 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes Raphaël Ramos

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Spotlight, Spy Way of Life | United States
Washington DC's Mayflower Hotel, in the shadow of J. Edgar Hoover and Donald Trump

Across the globe, spies love to gather in inconspicuous dens to meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online visits Washington DC's Mayflower Hotel, a few blocks from the White House, a luxury hotel steeped in history where intrigue, politics and espionage intertwine.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 17.01.2025

This week, Intelligence Online checks out a spot close to the White House, the Mayflower Hotel in Washington.

Spotlight | United States
Four years at Langley, part 2: William Burns and the CIA's adaptation to strategic competition

In the space of four years, former diplomat William Burns has put his stamp on the organisation of the CIA to support presidential priorities in an international environment transformed by technology. At the same time, he has sought to preserve Langley's influence in Washington.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 07.01.2025

United States
Four years at Langley, part 1: William Burns and the challenges of an increasingly exposed CIA

Diplomat turned spymaster William Burns made the CIA a key player in strategic declassification. But that unprecedented visibility of intelligence has put the agency in a delicate position on sensitive issues such as Covid-19 and the Havana syndrome.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 06.01.2025

China, United States
House Covid panel report gives preview of Trump's approach to intelligence

The findings of the House subcommittee on the origin of the pandemic offer an insight into how the next administration intends to manage the intelligence community.

Free access Government Intelligence 17.12.2024

Lebanon, United States
Former CIA officer launches political podcast funded by UAE firm linked to Lebanese journalist

Larry Johnson disclosed in new FARA filings that he has been paid by a UAE company connected to the Lebanese journalist Ghina Amyouni to create a new podcast that discusses global politics.

Subscribers only Corporate Intelligence 04.12.2024

Spotlight | United States
Trump team to overhaul Washington's anti-disinformation system

After exposing the threats hanging over the State Department's office for combating disinformation, the Global Engagement Center, Intelligence Online can now reveal the drastic reorganisation faced by the body that the Republican party so despises.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 04.12.2024

The dismantling of the Global Engagement Center (GEC) would give the future head of US diplomacy, Marco Rubio, here with Donald Trump, considerable room for manoeuvre.

United States
Kristan Nevins, the former CIA expert who'll shepherd Tulsi Gabbard through Senate confirmation

Donald Trump's transition team is turning to a trusted Republican aide to help his controversial nominee for head of the intelligence community through what is expected to be a contentious confirmation process.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 02.12.2024

Spotlight | United States
Pressure mounts on intelligence to assess China military build-up as conservative think tanks wrangle to fix Pentagon

The perceived Chinese threat and how the military must adapt to it has been the subject of intense lobbying by conservative think tanks, driven by both political and personal agendas. The issue is expected to loom large over the US intelligence community, responsible for assessing Beijing's military capabilities.

Free access Government Intelligence 25.11.2024

Former Chairman of the US House Select Committee on China, Mike Gallagher.

Spotlight | United States
With Ratcliffe at CIA helm, Heritage Foundation takes up residence in intelligence community

The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank which has drawn up a programme of radical reforms tailored for Donald Trump, has found an influential ally in future CIA director John Ratcliffe, who is likely to open the doors to the US intelligence community.

Free access Government Intelligence 18.11.2024

John Ratcliffe, future director of the CIA.

United States
US counter-terrorism faces evolving threats during political changeover

During the transition period following Donald Trump's election, the National Counterterrorism Center is looking to recruit new analysts in the face of shifts in international terrorism and their domestic repercussions.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 14.11.2024

Brett Holmgren, acting director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC).

United States
US intelligence creates new counternarcotics executive role to tackle greater workload

The illegal drug trade is a matter of national security in its own right that has both homeland implications and geopolitical ramifications, and it is changing the shape of the US intelligence community. Washington has responded by creating the role of a coordinator to address the issue as a whole.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 13.11.2024

United States
Ex-CIA officers falling out of favour in Congress

In vogue under Trump's presidency, a political career in Washington is now seen as less appealing and more difficult to pull off for former employees of the Central Intelligence Agency. A sign of its tarnished image in an increasingly polarised political climate.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 05.11.2024

Democratic candidate Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA agent, is up against Republican Mike Rogers, a former FBI special agent.

United States
Homeland Security deprived of intelligence advisers amid partisan wrangling

In a US presidential election campaign characterised by an increased risk of violence, the plan for a group of experts to support the department's intelligence agency has hit a dead end.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 26.09.2024

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had planned to form a new group of experts to support its Director of Intelligence, Kenneth Wainstein.

United States
Dustin Carmack, the Meta boss who wrote Project 2025's radical intelligence reform plan

The new, controversial, right-wing political initiative to extend the authority of the US president includes plans to increase centralisation of intelligence powers in the hands of the Director of National Intelligence. This will be to the detriment of the CIA, deemed to be insufficiently loyal.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 19.09.2024

Dustin Carmack, the man behind The Heritage Foundation's plan to reform the US intelligence community.

Spotlight | United States
Spymaster Kamala Harris's intelligence apprenticeship

Even before becoming the unexpected Democratic candidate for the White House, Kamala Harris was already familiar with the players, workings and challenges of intelligence, having sat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, and then serving as vice president.

Subscribers only Government Intelligence 11.09.2024

White House candidate Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden.

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China, Europe
Chinese influence and interference in Western Europe

North Korea, Russia
Moscow and Pyongyang's budding 'romance'

France
Intelligence memos and grey zones before French courts

China, Europe, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, United States
The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

Ukraine
Jamming wars

Insiders | China
Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert