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DGSE

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The DGSE (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure) is France’s external intelligence service. Operating all over the world, the agents of its operations department, or DO, and intelligence department, DR, have distinguished themselves recently in Africa and the Middle East. The service’s technical department, or DT, is France’s dedicated interceptions service, like Britain’s GCHQ or the NSA in the US.
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Deep Dive | France, Luxembourg, Portugal
The origins of the secret war chest of France's DGSE foreign intelligence

The DGSE's cursed treasure (1/4) - A fund set up in the wake of the two World Wars, to finance a government in exile if France were again occupied, eventually became a curse. This first episode looks at the complex financial structures French foreign intelligence secretly set up to build the fund.

LogoSubscribers only Agencies 05.01.2026
The DGSE's cursed treasure (1/4).

Spotlight | Turkey, United States
CIA and Turkey's MIT planning secret air base to monitor the Middle East

To keep a closer eye on the Middle East, the US and Turkey's foreign intelligence services are planning to collaborate more closely from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The CIA is on a mission to acquire, through brokers, unmarked C-130 transport aircraft to carry out covert operations.

LogoSubscribers only Operations 08.12.2025
Aerial view from inside a C-130 Hercules. The CIA is trying to discreetly acquire this type of aircraft to operate in the Middle East.

The Agencies' Gazette
DGSE and DGSI's workforces, OSINT at the Pentagon, Chinese house arrest rules, SIRASCO seeks deputy

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

FranceDGSE chief reacts to DGSI's growing workforce

United StatesPentagon looks to streamline OSINT contractors

ChinaSupervised house arrest… except in cases of ‘national security'

FranceSIRASCO seeks a number two
LogoSubscribers only 08.12.2025

Spy Way of Life | China, Thailand
Phuket's Tropical Resort, where Chinese spies handle French sources under the coconut trees

Across the globe, spies gather in inconspicuous dens to meet contacts and hold discreet conversations. This week, Intelligence Online explores the four-star Tropical Resort in Phuket, where, over several years, a double agent from France's DGSE was 'handled' by China's secret services.

LogoSubscribers only Operations 28.11.2025
The charming swimming pool at Tropical Resort, Phuket.

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