The states will rarely go to open hot wars now. We are living in times of War by Other Means. Underground and Offshore is King and Queen now. And Intelligence is essential. With Global Networks of Corporations and Mafiosos , Jihadists and Hackers , global MNCs that handle private projects is needed . Outsourcing of Security and Military Ops is effective for so-called Democratic Western Nations as there will be no media reporting on any body-bags . If you are interested in analysis of what are living geo-political narratives in an increasingly complex and ever-changing scenario , Stratfor based in Texas , USA and Geopoliticalmonitor based in Toronto, Canada are good sources . There are ex-Intelligence officers from just about every secret service from Mossad to CIA are running private intelligence agencies . Few are available as the above two to public . The private intelligence industry has boomed due to shifts in how the U.S. government is conducting espionage in the War on Terror. Functions previously performed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), and other intelligence agencies are now outsourced to private intelligence corporations. Aegis Defence Services is a British private military company with overseas offices in Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Kenya, Nepal and the United States. It was founded in 2002 by Tim Spicer, who was previously director of the controversial private military company Sandline International.In Iraq, Aegis is under contract (worth $293 million over three years) to the United States Department of Defense to provide security support services to the Project and Contracting Office. In May 2011, it was announced that U.S. military was to pull out of Baghdad, in the air and ground, and to be replaced by eight companies including Aegis and DynCorp International to take over in the air.In 2011, Aegis was awarded a $497 million contract by the U.S. Department of State for assuming security forces operations at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. On 28 October 2005 Aegis acquired Rubicon International Services Ltd, a longstanding provider of corporate and otherwise executive private security services. The public announcement was made on 4 November 2005. John Davidson, managing director of Rubicon, joined the Aegis board and became director of operations. Aegis chief executive is former Major General Graham Binns, who served in the Prince of Waless Own Regiment of Yorkshire, which became the 1st battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment, in 2006, and is currently the Colonel of the Yorkshire Regiment. The chairman of the Aegis board of directors is former Defence minister Nicholas Soames MP. stratfor/analysis geopoliticalmonitor/section/backgrounders/ https://youtube/watch?v=H8uWoBtCkg8 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_Defence_Services en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_intelligence_agency
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