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New bosses appointed for DGSI's counter-espionage and counter-terrorism

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Céline Berthon, head of France's DGSI domestic intelligence service, in Paris, on 26 August 2026.
Céline Berthon, head of France's DGSI domestic intelligence service, in Paris, on 26 August 2026. © Stéphanie Lecocq/Reuters

With the French presidential election next April and as the Russian threat increases, the domestic intelligence service just appointed a new head of its Sub-Directorate H. Responsible for counter-espionage, it is one of the agency's most critical departments. There's also a new boss in the department dedicated to counter-terrorism.

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