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France to recruit a new generation of tech savvy spies

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 15:45:14 +0100

France is recruiting hundreds of spies who must speak fluent English and know their way around a computer.

French spy bill cleared despite UN criticism

Fri, 24 Jul 2015 12:27:04 +0200

Controversial laws that give France wide-ranging powers of surveillance have been cleared by the country's top court despite criticism from the UN and internet freedom groups.

France asks: how did spooks miss terror plot?

Sat, 10 Jan 2015 17:13:00 +0100

As France comes to terms with terror attacks that left seventeen people dead this week, questions are being asked about how the terrorists were able to carry out the atrocities, despite being known to the intelligence services.

Government gets 'total' access to Orange data

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:40:00 +0100

France’s top external spying agency has had 'unchecked' access to customer communications at French telecom giant Orange for decades, according to a British document leaked by former American intelligence worker Edward Snowden.

Paris, Berlin planned to exploit Brown-Blair feud: diary

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:48:00 +0200

Britain's intelligence chiefs warned prime minister Tony Blair that Germany and France planned to exploit his feud with then finance minister Gordon Brown, his former media chief said Monday.