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Ex-boss of French DGSE spy agency Bernard Bajolet referred to criminal court for service's 'pressure tactic'

The former boss of the French DGSE foreign intelligence service Bernard Bajolet.
The former boss of the French DGSE foreign intelligence service Bernard Bajolet. © Ian Langsdon/EPA/MaxPPP
In a judicial first for French foreign intelligence, a former boss of the French DGSE spy agency will appear before a criminal court, in the French town of Bobigny, near Paris, on 6 and 7 November. Bernard Bajolet is accused of aiming to intimidate the French-Swiss businessman and financier Alain Duménil. [...]
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