Intelligence services, slowed by the pandemic, are regaining their cruising speed. This is what the sixth report of the National Commission on Intelligence Review (CNCTR) reveals. In 2021, the independent body responsible for verifying the legitimacy of spy activities received 87,588 surveillance requests from so-called “first-tier” intelligence services, such as the DGSE or DGSI, as well as those listed in the “second circle.” , where the territorial intelligence (IT) is located. This is 10% more than in 2020.
” The Covid episode has turned everything upside down– sums up the new chairman of the commission, Serge Lasvines. Travel restrictions had caused requests for techniques to contact targets to drop, sometimes by half.“So in 2021 progressive replenishment year in the application of certain “techniques”, often the most invasive…
Source: Le Figaro
