At the start of the trial on 6 and 7 November of the former director general of France's DGSE foreign intelligence service, Bernard Bajolet, for the alleged attempted extortion of businessman Alain Duménil (IO, 23/01/25), one man will be conspicuously absent. General Philippe C. was a discreet and mysterious figure, familiar with the DGSE's most sensitive secrets, and known as "JAD13" within foreign intelligence. It was thanks to his orchestration of the risky operation against Duménil that his former
