Spymaster | France
Vincent Mazauric, France's wiretap tsar as presidential vote looms

The head of France's CNCTR national oversight commission for intelligence-gathering techniques, Vincent Mazauric.
The head of France's CNCTR national oversight commission for intelligence-gathering techniques, Vincent Mazauric. © Romain Gaillard/REA
He is the controller in chief of French intelligence techniques, overseeing some 400 wiretap requests a day, usually giving the go ahead. Appointed less than a year ago, Vincent Mazauric will be on the job during next year's presidential election, set to be one of the most unstable in living memory. [...]
Reading time 5 minutes Pierre Gastineau, Franck Renaud

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