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| Restructuring the Pool in 2022 - DGSE Reorganization | |
| 2024-02-26 | |
The DGSE, formally known as La Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure and to others ‘La Piscine’ (The Pool) is the nation’s secret front line of defence. Every year, the DGSE produces over several thousand pieces of intelligence to the French state in protection of her national interests. (Source) For context, the DGSE serves a similar role in function to that of the US’s CIA and Britain’s SIS. However, it is perhaps the lesser known agency within the realm of Anglo dominated intelligence literature and media attention. In reality, France and their external intelligence services outreach dominates on a global scale, influencing states and thwarting those who wish harm to La Francophonie. 1.1 A UNIQUE SERVICE If one were to look deep into the history of the DGSE, you would find an agency shrouded in controversy. Renseignement (intelligence) is a concept favoured by the media in France for its association with scandal and political sensitivity. In 2022, former DGSE director Bernard Bajolet was indicted over extortion charges on individuals by the DGSE. An affair French media outlet Le Monde divulged into at no expense. Regarding operations, the memory of the 1982 sinking of the Rainbow Warrior still weighs the burden of clandestine activity gone wrong. More recently however, the invasion of Ukraine led to France’s military intelligence chief (DRM) to resign, failing to predict the invasion unlike other western intelligence agencies. (Source) (Source) However, you would too find an agency unlike any other, specifically engineered to the modern needs of the French state. It is expansive, diverse, and at the centre of influencing government decision making. French intelligence and the DGSE have a soured history. However, one worthy of discussion which will be explored in this article. | |
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| #2 Bailing out a sinking ship with a teaspoon? |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-02-26 11:40 |
| #1 Imam who 'called the French flag satanic' has his residency permit cancelled after living in the country since the 1980s and is deported to North Africa Now an embedded asset? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-02-26 06:08 |