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| France unveils new counterterrorism and intelligence bill |
| 2021-04-29 |
| [AlAhram] One measure will extend the use by French intelligence services of algorithms to track down Death Eaters online, a method already being trialed since 2015 to monitor messaging apps The French government on Wednesday unveiled a new counterterrorism and intelligence bill aiming at better preventing attacks, notably via a greater surveillance of bad boy websites. The bill, which had been in preparation for months, was formally presented in a Cabinet meeting just days after a French police official was killed inside her cop shoppe in what authorities are investigating as a terrorist attack. In a news conference, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the text will strengthen French intelligence services' power to watch people's online activities. Extremists ``are using less and less phone lines and more and more internet connections,'' he said. Darmanin said that using algorithms will notably enable intelligence services to spot someone who has accessed bad boy websites several times. The Tunisian national who killed a police employee in Rambouillet, south of Gay Paree, on Friday had watched bad boy videos just before carrying out his attack, a counterterrorism prosecutor said. Prime Minister Jean Castex stressed that the bill has been part of the government's broader counterterrorism policies since the beginning of French President Emmanuel Macron's term in 2017. Several security laws have been passed, about 1,900 additional intelligence jobs have been created and 36 attacks have been thwarted over the past four years, Castex said. The government also created in 2019 the job of national counterterrorism prosecutor, in order to better coordinate investigations related to attacks. Darmanin said that it is becoming harder to track down Death Eaters as attacks are no longer being carried out by people who previously fought in Syria or Iraq. Amid other measures, the bill would also give authorities greater power to strictly limit the movements of people convicted of terrorism for up to two years after they get out of prison. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 PLEASE RE-POST TOMORROW Merci en avance 20 French generals, 100 senior officers and 1,000 active duty soldiers have signed an open letter to Macron and his defense minister warning of civil war and chaos unless the government defends the nation and cracks down on Muslim separatism and "critical race theory" radicalism. Monsieur le Président, Mesdames, Messieurs du gouvernement, Mesdames, Messieurs les parlementaires, L’heure est grave, la France est en péril, plusieurs dangers mortels la menacent. Nous qui, même à la retraite, restons des soldats de France, ne pouvons, dans les circonstances actuelles, demeurer indifférents au sort de notre beau pays. The time is dire; France is endangered; mortal dangers threaten. Those of us who -- even in retirement -- remain Soldiers of France, cannot in the present circumstance stand sit idle as our great nation recedes. Nos drapeaux tricolores ne sont pas simplement un morceau d’étoffe, ils symbolisent la tradition, à travers les âges, de ceux qui, quelles que soient leurs couleurs de peau ou leurs confessions, ont servi la France et ont donné leur vie pour elle. Sur ces drapeaux, nous trouvons en lettres d’or les mots « Honneur et Patrie ». Or, notre honneur aujourd’hui tient dans la dénonciation du délitement qui frappe notre patrie. Our beloved tricolor banners are not just a flourish: they symbolize the tradition. across the ages, of those who regardless of race or faith, have served France or given their lives for her. These flags are emblazoned with gold letters that spell out Honor and Country. And yet that honor bids that we speak out against the disintegration which strikes at our country. - Délitement qui, à travers un certain antiracisme, s’affiche dans un seul but : créer sur notre sol un mal-être, voire une haine entre les communautés.... c’est la guerre raciale que veulent ces partisans haineux et fanatiques. Ils méprisent notre pays, ses traditions, sa culture, et veulent le voir se dissoudre en lui arrachant son passé et son histoire.... . Disintegration: across the "anti-racists," this is fixated on one outcome: to create in our land disaffection and hatred within our communities. What these hate-filled partisans and zealots seek is a race war. They despise our country, our traditions and our culture, and wish to see it dissolve as it tears itself away from its past and its history. – Délitement qui, avec l’islamisme et les hordes de banlieue, entraîne le détachement de multiples parcelles de la nation pour les transformer en territoires soumis à des dogmes contraires à notre constitution. -- Disintegration: by those Islamist throngs in our suburban ghettoes who seek to peel off and transform their own piecemeal nation into a servile territory under dogmas that violate our constitution. ... Les périls montent, la violence s’accroît de jour en jour. Qui aurait prédit il y a dix ans qu’un professeur serait un jour décapité à la sortie de son collège ? Or, nous, serviteurs de la Nation, qui avons toujours été prêts à mettre notre peau au bout de notre engagement – comme l’exigeait notre état militaire, ne pouvons être devant de tels agissements des spectateurs passifs. The storm gathers. Violence increases each passing day. Who would have predicted ten years ago that a high school teacher would one day be decapitated on school grounds? And yet we, the servants of the nation, who have always been ready to give our all to the very limits of our devotion, as our military oath requires -- we cannot sit and watch these actions as passive spectators. |
| Posted by: Jeremiah Bucket5991 2021-04-29 23:21 |
| #1 strictly limit the movements of people convicted of terrorism I suggest feeding them rich, fattening food, slowly poisoning them with a debilitating agent. One day the jail officials shout 'diabetic!' with forge test reports and all. Amputation of legs follows, and they release the individual, playing humanitarian saviors of life. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2021-04-29 03:29 |