BEIJING (Reuters)- A vice minister of public security, a close confidant of President Xi Jinping, is tipped to take over as China's spy master, five sources said, as the country looks to clean up its security apparatus and plug intelligence gaps. (businessinsider.com)
It comes as another Labour figure in the pro-EU camp has been spotted having lunch in Westminster with a close confidant of David Cameron. (totalpolitics.com)
There's nothing new about that arrangement, but it got me thinking about the three categories of confidants in Obama's second - term administration and what they say about his priorities. (inc.com)