The head of France’s secret service has been placed under investigation for illegally spying on a journalist.
Bernard Squarcini, head of France's Direction Central du Renseignement Interieur, its domestic intelligence agency, faces charges of breaking press freedom laws a year ago by obtaining records of a Le Monde reporter’s calls in order to unmask a government mole.
The details included journalist Gérard Davet’s GPS locations.
The alleged aim was to uncover the reporter’s source on a story about the Bettencourt affair - the family saga which exploded into an illegal party-funding scandal that severely tainted the French Right. Full story...
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Bernard Squarcini, head of France's Direction Central du Renseignement Interieur, its domestic intelligence agency, faces charges of breaking press freedom laws a year ago by obtaining records of a Le Monde reporter’s calls in order to unmask a government mole.
The details included journalist Gérard Davet’s GPS locations.
The alleged aim was to uncover the reporter’s source on a story about the Bettencourt affair - the family saga which exploded into an illegal party-funding scandal that severely tainted the French Right. Full story...
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