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Spotlight FRANCE Issue 772 dated 07/12/2016

Rivalries persist in internal intelligence

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Former DGSE people get involved in Olympic preparations

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Intelligence services get into storytelling

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French MPs brush up their intelligence

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Calvar joins private sector

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After taking a two-month holiday since stepping down as head of French intelligence service DGSI, Patrick Calvar has now formed [...]

FRANCE 19/07/2017

DGSI's Duthe receives July 14 honours

Division Commissioner Fabienne Duthe was the only official of the [...]

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Francis Delon takes temporary regency of French intelligence

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DGSI gets new technical director

Patrick Guyonneau has been appointed to head the technical department [...]

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Generation change in internal intelligence

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DGSI's technical department to have own international networks

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DGSI courts Palantir

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DGSI lacks big data tools

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Part entente cordiale, part culture clash

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Cyber-intelligence agencies lobby

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DGSE,DGSI axe inter-service liaison

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