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Olivier Demangel, the screenwriter, met the head of the Sdat (anti-terrorism sub-directorate) on November 13.
A very secret service, which leaves no written record.
They opened up to us.
With caution.
There are a lot of secret-defense things.
They explained to us how the service worked and told how they had experienced those five days.
They talked to us about the “tunnel effect”.
Ultimate focus.
We don't go home, we sleep on a sofa.
Everyone in their workshop knows what they have to do, battening down the emotional hatches so they can respond to the mission.
They also told us about the witness, played by Lyna Khoudri, who hosts the cousin of Abdelhamid Abaaoud.
At trial, she testified with her face blurred, her voice doctored.
She lives under a false identity.
We were able to read his audition.
We have of course changed some things to protect the instruction…
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