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Spotlight FRANCE Issue dated 03/02/2011

French Socialists focus on intelligence

With France’s 2012 presidential elections looming, the Socialist Party has been busy mapping out what it will do with the country’s intelligence services in the event of electoral victory. Intelligence Online has seen a copy of "Reforming the Intelligence Services: [...] (523 words)

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