This time, it's a man from the seraglio who tells the story.
A four-star general, who went into the private sector in 2017, after having been commander of special operations and then director of military intelligence.
His book, of which
Le Figaro Magazine
publishes exclusive large extracts, describes for the first time from the inside the tensions between the two great services in charge of special operations on behalf of France abroad.
On the one hand, the 4,000 soldiers supervised by the Army Special Operations Command (COS) and, on the other, the Service Action (SA), 1,000 army soldiers who only respond to orders from the General Directorate for External Security (DGSE).
The big mute, it's over
Christophe Gomart has the air of a good father, and only a certain physical density denotes the former para.
It was said to be intended for the highest functions - with President Emmanuel Macron, or at the military staff.
This did not happen and some, notably at the DGSE, suggest that this
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