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France and the World since 1870 (2001) ch 4: "French Intelligence" pp 80–109. Parry, D. L. L. "Clemenceau, Caillaux and the Political Use of Intelligence." Intelligence and National Security 9#3 (1994): 472-494. Porch, Douglas. The French Secret Services: A History of French Intelligence from the Drefus Affair to the Gulf War (Macmillan, 2003).
The DGSE operates under the direction of the French Ministry of Armed Forces and works alongside its domestic counterpart, the DGSI (General Directorate for Internal Security). As with most other intelligence agencies, details of its operations and organization are highly classified and not made public. [6]
It was created by Charles de Gaulle in 1940 as a Free French intelligence system that combined both military and political roles, including covert operations, though this policy was reversed in 1943 by Emmanuel d'Astrier (1900-69), who insisted on civilian control of political intelligence. [1]
The agency was created in 2008 under the name Central Directorate of Interior Intelligence (French: Direction centrale du renseignement intérieur, DCRI), merging the Direction centrale des renseignements généraux (RG) and the Direction de la surveillance du territoire (DST) of the National Police.
As part of the 2016 reorganisation of the French Army, the brigade was placed under the new Land Forces Command (French: Commandement des Forces Terrestres) and expanded to a two-star -sized command. [3] During its tenure as a brigade-sized formation, the organisation was as follows: Headquarters, Intelligence Brigade, in Haguenau [4] [5]
The Commandement des Opérations Spéciales (French pronunciation: [kɔmɑ̃dmɑ̃ dez‿ɔpeʁasjɔ̃ spesjal], "Special Operations Command") or COS is a joint staff charged with overseeing the various special forces of the French Army, Navy and Air and Space Force, bringing them all under a single operational authority.
Defunct French intelligence agencies (1 C, 10 P) * French intelligence operations (2 C, 10 P) + French spies (3 C, 63 P) D. Directorate-General for External Security ...
DRSD is the abbreviation of Direction du Renseignement et de la Sécurité de la Défense (French pronunciation: [diʁɛksjɔ̃ dy ʁɑ̃sɛɲmɑ̃ e də la sekyʁite də la defɑ̃s], lit. ' Directorate of Defense Intelligence and Security '), a French security agency which is part of the Ministry of Armed Forces. It was established on 10 ...