Pierre Brochand

France
Top DGSE official appointed secretary general of its analysis unit

Intelligence Online can reveal that France's DGSE foreign intelligence agency has appointed a new secretary general for analysis and strategy (SGAS).

The Agencies' Gazette
DGSE's missing bigwig, SIS's white male problem, Beijing's Moscow capital curbs

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

France Glaring no-show at Émié's DGSE leaving do

UK Despite the positive PR, SIS still overly white and male

China/Russia CCP checks Moscow money transfers

The Agencies' Gazette
No visa waiver for AUKUS, intelligence journal, anti-terrorist cooperation in Kyiv, tax informants

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

BeijingNo visa-free travel to China for AUKUS members

FranceFirst journal on French intelligence makes its debut

UkraineKyiv structures its international anti-terrorist cooperation

FranceTax informants proving profitable

United Nations
Spies in blue berets

UN bodies provide different degrees of protection to intelligence operatives according to their official role within the organisation.

France, United States
Bugging the chief of the DGSE

Immediately before the Director of National Intelligence in the United States tried to forge a non-aggression pact between American and [...]

France
New Intelligence Boss at DGSE

After holding the job for six years, the director of intelligence at France's DGSE is about to leave. His successor could come from the interior ministry.

France | Paris
A Makeover at DGSE, and then What?

Nicolas Sarkozy has shown DGSE boss Pierre Brochand the door and replaced him with Erard Corbin de Mangoux, the president's adviser for domestic affairs.

France | Paris
Brochand to Quit DGSE

According to our sources, and confirmed by official sources, president [...]

France | Paris
Budget Squeeze to Spare DGSE

France's foreign intelligence agency Direction générale de la sécurité intérieure [...]

France | Paris
Scramble for Top Intelligence Jobs

The names of the new bosses of three French intelligence agencies - DGSE, DRM and DPSD - won't be announced until a new White Paper on defense is issued in May. But there is no lack of candidates.

France | Paris
Overhaul for French Intelligence

With France on the point of merging its Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST) and the police intelligence agency Renseignement Generaux (RG) major changes are also in store for the military agencies DRM and DPSD.

France | Paris
Brochand to Stay On at DGSE

Appointed five years ago by Jacques Chirac to run the French foreign intelligence agency DGSE, former ambassador Pierre Brochand will, [...]

France | Paris
DRM Suggests Outsourcing Work

France's second-ranking armed forces officer, general Herve Le Riche, has hinted at major changes to come at the military intelligence agency.

France | Paris
DGSE Calls in the "Old Boys"

For the first time, the French foreign intelligence agency DGSE summoned its alumnae to a gathering at its headquarters on the boulevard Mortier in Paris.

France | paris
A Boffin at DGSE

The new technical director at DGSE, Bernard Barbier, is a high level scientist whose recruitment marks the French intelligence agency's determination to invest in new technology.

France | paris
Summer Changes at DGSE

As it often does in summer, the French foreign intelligence agency is making a number of key changes this year. Among them is the appointment of a first-ever human resources director.

France | paris
Human Resources Chief at DGSE

A minor revolution has rocked France's foreign intelligence agency DGSE. For the first time, and like every self-respecting modern organization, [...]

France | paris
"Dirty War" Between Services

At first glance, police raids on DGSE, SGDN, EADS and at the home of general Philippe Rondot appeared to target persons close to Jacques Chirac and Dominique de Villepin. But things aren't as simple as that.