Intelligence community squares up to rare languages challenge
As the French intelligence community is lacking language specialists, the foreign intelligence service, DGSE, is taking the lead in rare languages. [...]
The DGSI (Direction Generale de la Securite Interieure), previously known as the DCRI, is the French internal intelligence agency. It is in particular responsible for fighting terrorism in France. It comes under the wing of the ministry of interior. It gathers what used to be France’s general intelligence services, RG (Renseignements Generaux) and the DST (Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire).