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Jérôme Léonnet, top dog at the French Intelligence Services Inspectorate

France
French intel sets pay scales for contract workers for the first time

To ease competition between French services vying for certain profiles of contractors, particularly in the cyber field, the country's intelligence and counterterrorism coordinator has decided to introduce salary scales.

France
French interior ministry set for new police, intel appointments

France's interior ministry is making several strategic appointments within the police and domestic intelligence. Intelligence Online reveals the details of this game of musical chairs.

France
Prison sentence sought against ex-military intel officer in trial of French far-right conspirators

A former military intelligence officer and ex-diplomat is among 16 members of an alleged French far-right group being tried at the Paris Criminal Court. The organisation's plans to kill Muslims were foiled thanks to the DGSI's undercover operation, whose details were revealed at the trial which began on 10 June.

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DGSE hits French TV, Beijing influencing Putin on Pyongyang, US's Arctic diplomacy, Tracfin departure

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

FranceRivalry between the DGSE and the Special Forces played out on TV

ChinaGuoanbu instructed to temper Russia's relations with North Korea

USCongress looks to establish Arctic ambassador-at-large

FranceTracfin's point of contact with banks to step down

France
DGSI and former RG monitor DOMs

The DGSI and the SCRT (Service Central du Renseignement Territorial) [...]

France, Syria | DIPLOMACY
The Unofficial Paris-Tripoli Channel

An inquiry by Intelligence Online shows how secret negotiations conducted on the sidelines of official channels helped bring about an agreement signed in Paris on Jan. 9 to compensate families of victims of the DC10 airliner operated by UTA.