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MICHEL LACARRIERE

Michel Lacarriere, the 55-year-old intelligence director at DGSE and inspector-general of the national police force, is being increasingly tipped as [...] (227 words)

Issue dated 22/02/1996

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JOINING RANKS AGAINST RUSSIAN CRIME

HAS ALGERIAN SECURITY INFILTRATED FRENCH INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATIONS?

PARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT IN OCTOBER?

DST TAKES TECHNICAL TACK

PIERRE JOXE PLACES HIS MEN

ALGERIA'S LESSONS FOR FRENCH INTELLIGENCE

CHANGES AT THE TOP IN FRENCH INTELLIGENCE

FRANCO-AMERICAN SQUABBLE

RISE IN STATUS FOR RG

ANTI-FUNDAMENTALIST SWOOP

FRENCH GAME, AMERICAN TRUMPS

UNEASY "POWER-SHARING"

THE DST OPENS A MOSCOW OFFICE

DST COUNTER-SPY POSTS ABROAD

A NEW INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY

PROTECTING FRANCE'S "PATRIMONY"?

TWO MAIN INTELLIGENCE DIMENSIONS

AL AASS IN PARIS

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