DÉFENSE ZONE
Since the attacks of 11 September 2001 in the United States, governments and international organisations have worked to put in place means of fighting terrorism. In 2017, France set up the National Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism Coordination (CNRLT), tasked with coordinating the many services involved in the fight against terrorism: CNCT, DGSE, DGSI, DRM, etc. Despite these efforts, the threat persists. Whether the Bataclan attackers or the Kouachi brothers, perpetrators of the massacre of the Charlie Hebdo editorial staff; or the murderers of Father Jacques Hamel in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, or the man who murdered Samuel Paty: all were known to, or even actively monitored by, the French intelligence services. So why could these deaths not be prevented?
A changing threat
After the terrible year of 2015...
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