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Intelligence-gathering techniques watchdog flags persistent agency anomalies

Honorary councillor of state and president of the CNCTR, Serge Lasvignes.
Honorary councillor of state and president of the CNCTR, Serge Lasvignes. © Francis Gonzalez/SOPA Images/Sipa USA/Reuters
As France heads into parliamentary elections that could put the far-right Rassemblement National party in power, the national intelligence-gathering techniques oversight body's report, out on 27 June, notes sustained anomalies in the use of intelligence tools. [...]
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