Bernard Squarcini

Bernard Squarcini (alias Le Squale ) (born December 12, 1955 in Rabat , French Morocco ) is a high French administrative functionary.

Professional career

From 2007 Squarcini was head of the French domestic intelligence service Direction de la surveillance du territoire (DST), which was merged with the Direction centrale des renseignements généraux to form the new French domestic intelligence service ( Direction centrale du renseignement intérieur , DCRI). The French President Sarkozy appointed him on July 2, 2008 as the first head of the DCRI. He held this position until he was recalled by the subsequent President Hollande on May 30, 2012.

On October 17, 2011, Squarcini was summoned as a “ witness with legal counsel ”, a mixture of witness and defendant , in connection with the surveillance of a journalist from Le Monde newspaper . He was accused of evaluating the journalist's phone calls together with Police Chief Frederic Pechenard . The aim is said to have been the informants in the Bettencourt affair .

literature

• Olivia Recasens, Christophe Labbé, Didier Hassoux: L'espion du président, au coeur de la police politique de Sarkozy . Editions Robert Laffont, 2012, ISBN 978-2221129838 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Décret du 2 July 2008 portant nomination d'un directeur des services actifs de la police nationale - M. Squarcini (Bernard). In: Legifranc.gouv.fr. July 2, 2008, accessed November 27, 2012 (French). 
2. ↑ Hollande makes front against managers. In: Spiegel . May 30, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2012 . 
3. ^ Secret service supposedly "looks after" journalists ( memento from January 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Spy affair: French intelligence chief interrogated. In: ORF . October 1, 2011, accessed October 17, 2011 .