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DGSE reformer Bernard Bajolet, from the Paris attacks to trial for intimidation

Bernard Bajolet was director of France's DGSE foreign intelligence service from 2013 to 2017.
Bernard Bajolet was director of France's DGSE foreign intelligence service from 2013 to 2017. © Ludovic Marin/AFP
This month, former DGSE head Bernard Bajolet faces trial over the alleged intimidation of a controversial financier and marks 10 years since leading the service's response to the Paris attacks of 13 November 2015. Intelligence Online looks back at his time at "La Boîte". [...]
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