France
Intelligence watchdog and services spar over control of sovereignty files

The president of the intelligence gathering techniques watchdog, the CNCTR, Serge Lasvignes (left), and the National Intelligence Coordinator, Pascal Mailhos.
The president of the intelligence gathering techniques watchdog, the CNCTR, Serge Lasvignes (left), and the National Intelligence Coordinator, Pascal Mailhos. © Christian Hartmann/Reuters//Ludovic Marin/EPA/MaxPPP
The French intelligence services want to have control over the sovereignty files, while putting the intelligence gathering techniques watchdog, the CNCTR, which carries out more exhaustive checks, at a distance. The heads of each body recently clashed publicly on these points. [...]
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