France
Paris seeks to align French intelligence services' security clearance procedures

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau and DGSI Director Céline Berthon, on 11 March 2025.
French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau and DGSI Director Céline Berthon, on 11 March 2025. © Yoan Valat/Pool/AFP
France's three intelligence agencies that conduct security investigations on their agents or anyone authorised to handle classified information, have been working with the national centre for intelligence and counterterrorism to harmonise their procedures. [...]
Reading time 2 minutes Antoine Izambard, Franck Renaud
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