Spyland
April 26, 2004
Extraordinary. You may already know that the French intelligence services have their own website:
a site that was once infiltrated.
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hat's where it gets truly astonishing: this cheerful crew plans to open, during the summer of 2005, in the Aix-en-Provence region, a themed park called "Spyland," dedicated to espionage. No, this isn't a joke, nor a hoax. You can verify it by visiting the following links:
http://dgse.org/index.php?ID=&categ=11&id_artic=652
http://dgse.org/index.php?ID=&categ=10&id_ceris=110
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here, they speak of "a culture of intelligence." On the "unofficial" DGSE website (originally managed by a man named Sébastien Janvier, who has apparently vanished and no longer appears on the list of responsible personnel), you'll discover, for example, that Philippe de Dieuleveut, host of the famous show "La Chasse au Trésor," who died under mysterious circumstances in Zaire, was actually a DGSE agent, holding the rank of captain.
Philippe de Dieuleveult
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h yes, at the DGSE, we don't just work in offices. You saw him on your small screen for years. Excerpt from the DGSE website:
Categories of Personnel
Honorable Correspondents
These are the men and women who hold key positions and, out of patriotism and civic duty, consent to assist our agents in their fight against crime by providing general information. By extension, the term refers to all individuals who are in some way connected to the Central Intelligence Service.
Clandestines
Clandestines are the armed wing of our DGSE. These men, numbering about ten, are known only to the oldest DGSE member at the highest rank (known as "the head of the tank"). These individuals are formidable professionals, with no legal existence, no past, no family.
The Invisible
An "invisible" is the nickname given to DGSE men and women. Simply because they have no distinguishing marks, no DGSE card, no badge from the 44th RI, no plaque on their jacket indicating their affiliation with the institution.
Black Ambassadors
In sensitive areas, the DGSE mobilizes special ambassadors to meet with opposition groups to governments without embarrassing France's official policy in those regions.
Operational Reserve
Official name for Honorable Correspondents, present worldwide, skilled in the most varied sectors and techniques, fully available and selfless in carrying out missions in areas not covered by permanent DGSE installations, or in responding to crisis situations.
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hus, "Honorable Correspondents" can be found in all strata of society, across all professional and social categories. Xavier Maniguet, who played a crucial role in Operation "Satanique," during which the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior was sunk in Auckland harbor, New Zealand, was a 38-year-old doctor. France sought to discourage Greenpeace from drawing too much global attention to its nuclear tests in the Mururoa atoll (now conducted within metropolitan France). He rented the yacht Ouvea on behalf of the combat divers who were to be transported to the site. Generally, such collaborations prove quite profitable. It's known that the Rainbow Warrior was sunk in 1985 by two successive explosions, the first at 11:50 PM and the second at midnight. The first charge was placed against the propeller, the second against the hull. During the ten-minute interval, a Spanish photographer entered the boat to retrieve his photographic equipment and was killed by the second explosion. In 2003, during a TV interview, when asked whether it wouldn't have been better to warn Greenpeace by phone that a second charge was about to explode, Maniguet responded negatively, without the slightest remorse—consistent with the tone of his book "Les Dents de la Mort." Personally, I consider this man more a murderer than a hero, just like all those involved in this operation. Note that the death of this journalist, a "minor detail," is not mentioned in the account of this mission, carried out in defiance of common sense, which earned Commander Prieur (ex-false wife Turinge) the rank of commander:
Commander Prieur
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hus, Honorable Correspondents can be found throughout our society. They are generally people who interact with many others or travel extensively. They may be head waiters in a very popular restaurant, hold high positions in research or in embassies, be Concorde pilots, or hosts of TV shows that also require them to move around a lot and meet many different people. Their motivations aren't always patriotic. In general, their careers receive a significant boost, in one form or another, which is a way of compensating them. A simple kitchen assistant might quickly rise to the rank of head waiter. A low-ranking officer in the Army's light aviation could end up piloting a powerful commercial airliner by agreeing to render a few services (such as previously rerouting flights over East Germany on Paris-Berlin East routes so that the army could conduct radio surveillance over territory controlled by the Soviet bloc). Another example is Philippe de Dieuleveut, who for years enjoyed himself immensely while hosting a highly exciting television show. You'd be surprised to find that many media figures are actually Honorable Correspondents of the French intelligence services. They need agents to infiltrate a wide variety of structures, including, for instance, the UFO research communities, where they seek to occupy a "strategic position."
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ow to recognize an Honorable Correspondent? Good agents "don't look like secret agents." They are the best friends in the world, always ready to help. Sometimes they stand out because they tend to overdo things, trying to appear as... humanists (the bigger the lie, the more it passes). They are good eaters, excellent company, know a vast number of people, and are "curious about everything." A clue: their careers are sometimes unusually fast, compared to their background or level of education, followed by early, comfortable retirements. In fact, these careers serve more as cover than anything else. They are capable of carrying out infiltrations requiring years of patient groundwork. They are master manipulators. If "the services" decide that someone should occupy a particular position, they will remove the current incumbent through various means: blackmail, intimidation, or by creating insurmountable professional difficulties. The ultimate touch is to eliminate the unwanted person while appearing as... their savior.