spies exhibition 15 October 2019

PRESS KIT PRESS — 9 August 2020

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C100 C100 M80 C100 M80 N75 M100 J100 N100 R0 V158 B224 R0 V68 B148 R0 V18 B61 R226 V0 B26 R26 V23 B27 Web : #009EE0 Web : #004494 Web : #00123D Web : #E2001A Web : #1A171B ■ General presentation p. 4 “This fall, fiction comes to life at the Cité des Sciences et ■ Exhibition plan p. 5 de l’Industrie. Close your eyes and imagine finding yourself ■ Interview with the staff all of a sudden plunged into the heart of the intelligence Contents of The Bureau p. 10 world today. In the role of a case officer, you will be in ■ In connection with the exhibition p. 13 charge of a mission that will sweep you into a unique story A word from ■ Glossary p. 15 of . It all starts with what seems to be a low- ■ Project team p. 16 intensity nuclear test abroad. What unfolds next is for you the president ■ Partners p. 17 to experience in an original exhibition at the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie. For the first time, French intelli- gence agencies, for which discretion is second nature, This exhibition is part of the programming series agreed to lend their support to a presentation of this Crossroads / Science where you do not expect it. magnitude. As a result, the visitor’s experience is as close This editorial focus brings together exhibitions as can be to the reality of those who work in intelligence whose subject does not appear at first glance to professions today.” be scientific or technical, but which lead there in one way or another, be it in a straight line or, Bruno Maquart, more often, in a roundabout way. The point is to Chair of Universcience reveal science where we do not expect it, invit­ ing to the table the large family of developers.

“The Bureau is a realistic series, a synthesis of fiction and reality that provides the general public with a rare look The Bureau into the work of intelligence agencies. The partnership The Bureau is a French television series, whose with the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie on this enter- first four seasons aired in France on Canal + and myCanal, in the United Kingdom on Amazon Prime, taining and innovative project has been an exhilarating and on iTunes in the U.S. and Canada. Filming of season 5 of The Bureau began in June 2019. The challenge for the staff of the series, a continuation of the exhibition features some of the characters from rich, complex universe created by Éric Rochant.” the series, including Marc Lauré, codename MAG, César and Sylvain Ellenstein, along with some of the set designs. Alex Berger, executive producer of The Bureau

2 3 The Cité des sciences et de l’industrie presents The scenario, or an introduction Spies from 15 October 2019 to 9 August 2020. to the agencies General Who hasn’t dreamt of discovering the best kept Exhibition plan It all starts when a low-intensity underground secrets of espionage? Clichés and fantasies nuclear test seems to have been detected in presentation abound about the work of intelligence agents, Western Republic, a (fictitious) country under but where is the actual line between truth and surveillance as part of the fight against nuclear fiction in these stories filled with hidden micro- proliferation. This announcement is made by Marc phones, miniature cameras, uncertain identities, Lauré, codename MAG, director of intelligence in and clandestine operations? This new temporary the series The Bureau. Following this event, and exhibition proposes a unique scenario developed at the request of the national intelligence coor- from a passionate, attentive study of espionage dinator, a summit meeting is organized with repre- that reveals what goes on behind the scenes. The sentatives of the six main intelligence agencies, principle mission of the civil servants and military known as the first circle. Together, they must personnel who work for the six main French in- act in a concerted manner to provide the French telligence agencies – known by their acronyms President with an intelligence report within 48 (DGSE, DGSI, DRM, DRSD, DNRED and *) hours. – is to anticipate and prevent threats to national The exhibition is punctuated by audiovisual pre- security. The visitor will proceed step by step, sentations that guide the public, explaining the like a secret agent, collecting information by steps and strategies needed to accomplish using the different methods and tools of intelli- the mission. Here, a video presents the various gence agencies. A unique experience mixing reality protagonists and plunges visitors into a context and fiction, co-produced by Universcience and that blurs the line between reality and fiction. As TOP – The Oligarchs Productions and Federation soon as they enter the exhibition, they move Entertainment. from observers to actors as they step into the role of an intelligence agent. In addition, two wall panels describe the six French intelligence agencies and their main foreign counterparts in the United States, the United Ages 12 and up. Kingdom, Russia, Israel and China, complete Trilingual (French, English and Spanish). with factual and quantitative information on the Accessible to the deaf and hearing-impaired. individual agency’s budgets, tools, jobs, etc. Indeed, “We never use the term spies Not accessible to the blind. in our jargon: we are known every country has domestic, international, and by the less exotic title of agencies. ‘case officers’.” François Waroux, The mission, at the heart ex-officer of the DGSE of intelligence agencies Reinterpreting the different places of the plot, the exhibition immerses the public in an espionage environment, recreating the office of a company director on the premises of the agency in My true life as a spy The Bureau. Collecting the information needed The exhibition features interviews of fourteen active intelligence to accomplish the various stages of the mission officers, both men and women. Each three-minute interview focuses on a specific career in the intelligence service. After a brief presen- depends on the personal implication of each tation, the individual agents describe their specialty, the requisite visitor. skills, the constraints of their job and the interactions with their private life. Each interview ends with the question, Did you lie during this interview? A novel and original production made especially for the exhibition. 4 5 Some 25 activities mobilize the ability of visitors At the same time, visitors decipher seismic results to observe, listen, manipulate in ways that provide and search for ultra-traces in the samples collected them with a better understanding of the protocols, by DGSE secret agent Phénomène, who has scientific methods and ethics of this unfamiliar been sent to the site. In the laboratory, visitors world. watch the identification of the particles of matter: the isotopic composition of the uranium atoms At the CEA, from detection determine the civilian or military character of the lab to cleanroom nuclear test. This section focuses on the mechanisms of detection, warning, localization and characteri- Intelligence gathering in France zation activated when a nuclear test occurs. The At this point, visitors assume different roles, from Military Applications Directorate of the CEA sound analyst to surveillance operative, and (French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy discover the workings of the various agencies “The intelligence agencies conduct research, gather, exploit Commission), and more particularly the Analyses, and the techniques of counter intelligence. and inform the government of information concerning Surveillance and Environment Department, is geopolitical and strategic matters as well as threats and risks The recent conversations of one of the affair’s responsible for detecting and locating with great that could affect the life of the country [...] They contribute protagonists have been intercepted. Visitors step to knowing about and anticipating these matters as well as precision airburst, underground or undersea into the shoes of a sound analyst. At a multimedia to preventing and thwarting risks and threats.” nuclear explosions. Here visitors discover the terminal, they use their hearing skills to analyze French Intelligence Act of 24 July 2015 – article L811-2 scientific and technological arsenal needed for the wiretapped conversations. This may involve this purpose. detecting foreign languages, calling on a linguist, An audiovisual presentation shows how seismic working on the soundtrack to eliminate back- the suspect during interrogation. In France, the activity and nuclear tests are monitored. If a ground noise, and so on, in order to detect infor- polygraph (or lie detector) cannot be submitted nuclear test is detected, different methods can mation that may be useful to the investigation. to the court as evidence and is therefore not be used, depending on its nature. For example, A meeting place, a contact who calls regularly used by French intelligence agencies. On the an underground nuclear test creates seismic – nothing is left to chance. An IMSI-catcher*, a other hand, intelligence officers are trained to waves similar to an earthquake’s. Seismometers, Faraday bag* and two photographs from the pass such tests as a necessary precaution in case sensors that measure ground movements, are used GIC (Interministerial Control Group) complete they are captured by foreign services that do use to record and analyze these waves. The International the immersive setup and familiarize the visitor this method. Monitoring System deployed in the framework of with the tools available to secret agents. the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Orga- The investigation continues with the analysis of nization comprises 321 monitoring stations, 24 of Faced with the threat of a foreign agent having a security clearance application addressed to which are run by the CEA. infiltrated French soil, the intelligence agencies the DRSD, through which visitors learn about the Depending on the findings of this monitoring, a enhance security and request surveillance. A film concepts of protection of confidential and classi- protocol makes it possible to trigger the alert. made for the exhibition presents the quick-change* fied information concerning military operations, CEA personnel keep the government informed technique used by the DGSI for tailing an indivi- criminal networks or sensitive and strategic instal- of developments in real time. T0 marks a detected dual in public. This classic espionage technique, lations. In France, about 400,000 people, or 0.6 % nuclear test, at T0 + 8 min, the duty officer is combining inventiveness and speed, is a beauty of the population, have access to classified infor- alerted of the detection by the automatic warning to watch. In addition to the physical surveillance, mation, concerning the army, intelligence or the system, at T0 +17 min, the explosive character is video surveillance recordings are analysed and protection of sensitive sites. There are three levels confirmed by the duty officer. A scrolling text bank accounts suspected of being used for illegal of classification: confidential defence, secret enables visitors to follow the chronology of this activities are perused. defence and top secret defence. chain of actions, on the same basis as the French Then follows an interrogation to corroborate Various objects illustrate these notions of “confi- President after being informed of the alert in suspicions. Visitors examine the voluntary and dentiality” and “protection”, including a shredder Western Republic. involuntary gestures and facial expressions for confidential defence documents and enve- – including microexpressions – manifested by lopes for classified material.

6 7 The visitor then takes on the strategic role of Intelligence gathering abroad Sometimes agents have to recruit and handle “sweeper” for the DGSI. In the world of intelligence, The investigation continues and more missions a source. These are called case officers. They sweeping is used to detect hidden wiretap sys- are assigned: the DGSE, via The Bureau, activates develop arguments to bring the given individual tems. Intelligence officers use frequency detec- Phénomène, its undercover agent in Western to act on their behalf, without resorting to physical tors to carry out extremely thorough searches. Republic who is sent to search the office of one coercion. Such strategies are applied to obtain This section of the exhibition ends with an initial of the protagonists of the affair. Visitors are asked information in order to prevent acts of delinquen- series of interviews with active French intelligence to assist him on this mission. When the search cy or terrorism. Agents also make use of open agents. Each interview with an anonymous agent has been completed, the DGSE can go ahead source intelligence, which refers to information follows the same pattern: presentation, profes- with a cryptanalysis of the copy of the computer from sources available to the public sions and skills, constraints and the repercussions contents while the DRM programmes a flyover This section of the exhibition ends with the second of their profession on their private life. This is the of the suspected site to gather satellite images. group of interviews in the My Life as a Spy series first time six French intelligence agencies agreed In this section of the exhibition, visitors take on with agents discussing other intelligence jobs: an together to allow agents to give such testimony. image analyst, a geospatial intelligence analyst, Phénomène’s role and search a target’s home. “All obstruction operations share a covert character, My true life as a spy is the occasion to provide This operation is tricky for undercover agents a listening linguist, a cyber-defence analyst, an meaning that it is impossible to determine who’s behind them.” the public with a glimpse of little known profes- who must demonstrate skill, discretion and intelligence analyst redactor and a defence secu- Jérôme Poirot, former national intelligence coordinator sions. The series comprises portraits of an intru- ingenuity to accomplish the difficult but essential rity inspector. associate sion specialist, a field surveillance agent, a digital task involving a safe room, infrared laser and investigation officer, a financial investigator, a finan- narrow passageway. Analysis and special affairs cial intelligence analyst, and a forensic expert (on Then comes the cryptanalysis stage. In an attempt It is time to write the intelligence report requested of six contemporary espionage cases, including forensic science and criminology). to decipher messages hidden on the computer’s at the start of the mission. Visitors enter a crisis the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in hard drive found in the target’s home, visitors must room that is identical to the one in The Bureau. Dubai on January 20, 2010, the cyberattack handle three types of digital encryption. Will the Here the information gathered by human and against TV5 Monde TV channel on April 10, 2015 information found confirm the agent’s assumptions? technical means is analyzed and cross-checked. and the poisoning of Sergei Skripal on March 4, “Our mission is simple, to find out everything that In parallel, visitors must now analyze the satellite Around the table, specialists from the six intelli- 2018. Using QR codes, visitors can download others want to hide from us: the others, the enemies, additional content, including key articles on the the foreigners, the allies, everyone who is not us. images gathered by the DRM. Cartographic gence agencies, along with the “préfet”, take the They don’t tell us everything, they don’t show us reading and comparison of thermal infrared and floor. They present the findings of the investiga- aforementioned cases. everything. And we want to know, so we search, we electromagnetic imagery between two suspect tion conducted by their respective services. A last group of interviews in the My Life as a Spy search, we listen, we observe, we recruit. Intelligence is plants: the visitor has to locate the uranium enrich- Gradually, the pieces of information that visitors series presents portraits of an operational counter- our job. Lying is our job. We lie to everyone, that’s why loyalty is an absolute value; without this loyalty, we are ment site. This is therefore a decisive step. have gathered during their visit are pieced to- proliferation analyst and cyber trafficking agent. doomed to destroy ourselves from within”. To gather such images, France has a space, air gether to form a complete puzzle. The intelligence In addition, there is an interview with Jean- Henri Duflot, S02E10, The Bureau and maritime arsenal dedicated to intelligence report is now ready to be sent to the French Claude Cousseran, DGSE director between operations, and more broadly to Defence and President. Mission accomplished! 2000 and 2002 and prime mover in the creation Foreign Affairs. A model of the CSO satellite Fiction ends here. But in real life, the work of intel- of the DGSE situation centre. and a telescope, both on loan from the CNES, ligence agencies goes on. Any useful information This return to the real world brings to a close an complete this immersive section. triggers action. This method is illustrated by an immersive experience into the mysterious and analytical press review revealing the inside story often fantasized world of intelligence work. In the set of Sylvain Ellenstein’s workshop, visitors discover what a legend* is. It is common to use a false identity or quality in intelligence work. Creating a legend is relatively simple, living it is much more complex, and requires time, memory and perse- verance. False documents are part and parcel of making this legend credible. Undercover agents are given a range of ordinary objects – earrings, bags, bottles, etc. – into which optical fibre and miniatu- rized capture systems have been integrated.

8 9 Questions to Alex Berger, Questions to Éric Rochant, Questions to Patrick Durand, producer of The Bureau creator, director and producer production designer of of The Bureau The Bureau Interviews Could you tell us about the origin of the collabo- ration between The Bureau and the Cité des Is The Bureau an educational series? How did you design the sets for the Spies exhi- Sciences et de l’Industrie? bition? The Bureau is a fictional drama series and was not If I remember correctly, Cité curators Laurence made with an educational purpose in mind. But Our aim was to immerse the visitor from the start Caunezil and Géraldine Attié, who were already intelligence work provides a look at the political in the atmosphere of intelligence agencies. To do working on the exhibition, came to visit us and and geostrategic world. Describing the intelli- so, it was essential to create a break between the see our film sets while we were shooting season 4 gence world involves taking up international exterior space and entry into this extraordinary of The Bureau. affairs, describing tensions and stakes that go world. This is the function of the first set: the Considering the 1,000 m2 of our version of the beyond subjects of local or personal interest. entryway into the state’s most secret agencies. DGSE on set 6 of the Cité du Cinéma in Saint-Denis The series also gives an opportunity to depict a In the other sets, interactive elements allow visitors and the attention to detail of Éric Rochant and professional universe, and thereby an opportu- to step into the role of an intelligence agent and all the scriptwriters, designers and producers, nity to see people who are similar to us but who explore the exhibition with a mission to accomplish. we all realized that it would be to everyone’s have different backgrounds and concerns in their We designed the various places in the scenario on advantage to work together on this exhibition to daily lives. a scale and with an atmosphere close to reality, all explain simply the work of French intelligence What were your working methods for making the while ensuring a smooth circulation. agencies. The Bureau into such a realistic series? As in the TV series, reality is our guiding principle: Do you think the world of The Bureau can appeal people believe the story because it is plausible, but I put myself in the shoes of the people I depict and to a younger public? also because the environment is not excessively imagine that they think and act rationally. This stylized. Intelligence work is everywhere and there are a leads to writing in ways that never lapse into fan- great many talented people who could make it tasy and working with the actors to ensure that The script is supported by the sets (differentiated their profession. Linguists are needed as much as they speak and behave as they do in life. “True to by furniture, colour and specific materials) which scientists, historians and analysts, cryptographers life” is the principle governing all aspects of the create a unique immersive experience. and security specialists, etc. I think there’s an “intel- making of this series. The sets are integrated into the exhibition design. ligence work” counterpart for every profession. How did you organize the work with the various The Spies exhibition is aimed at teenagers as well teams? How did you approach the constraints as young adults, their parents and grandparents. specific to this type of presentation to the public? As for the youngest viewers, they can get a sense The work between the exhibition designers and of the extraordinary jobs that people in intelligence us was very simple because the people from the do and how they work all the time to protect our Cité des sciences et de l’industrie coordinated it in country so that we can enjoy freedom. such a way that we each had a very specific task. Fanny Stauff and I worked on the fictional spaces, the settings in which the visitors are immersed. The exhibition designers, for their part, designed the circulation, the layout and the lighting ambience of the entire exhibition. They integrated informa- tional and educational spaces between the sets. We agreed very simply on the points of intersec- tion between our projects, such as the behind the scenes areas and their dimensions. We felt it was important to distinguish clearly between the fictional content and the informational and educational content. There are things to

10 11 keep in mind when designing sets for an exhibi- Questions to Gilles Cohen, Publication tion that are of no concern for movie sets, such alias Marc Lauré, director for 12- to 14-year olds as, the circulation of the public, the possibility of of intelligence in Seasons 1 to 4 damage to elements of the exhibition over several of The Bureau In connection Espions. Des métiers très secrets months (in the absence of security) and an audience Texts by Virginie Aldadjidi and Caroline Pellissier, What role will Marc Lauré play in the exhibition of children who may be tempted to steal objects. with illustrations by Charles Berbérian. Co-published scenario? The materials and each piece of furniture was with TOE-The Oligarchs Editions. chosen for its solidity. We didn’t want to present Marc Lauré is at the heart of the exhibition’s narra- the exhibition Step into the shoes of a secret agent and discover objects in showcases like in a museum, we had tive. In response to an attempt by a foreign power the behind-the-scenes work of many intelligence them attached invisibly so as not to diminish the to steal French nuclear technology, he will have to professions. visitor’s immersive experiences into the fiction. coordinate the action of the intelligence agencies Taking as a starting point the questions that teena- to avoid a disaster. He has a central role since he Do you have any anecdotes to share with us, gers ask – Is it dangerous to work as an intelli- accompanies visitors through the exhibition and especially concerning your work with the gence agent? Can you tell your spouse that you places them in a familiar environment. DGSE? DES METIERS work for the secret services? Are lie detectors How did playing Marc Lauré change your TRES SECRETS Every visit to the DGSE was a powerful expe- used? Are there a lot of spies? – this book discloses

perception of intelligence agencies? Caroline the more complex and less movie-like day-to-day rience. You enter a place like no other, where Pellissier & Virginie Aladjidi Charles life of these civil servants and military agents. you are literally scanned, observed, exposed. But Before playing the character of the colonel in Berberian we were always offered a warm welcome in the The Bureau, I didn’t really know how the intelli- So is keeping the secret an impossible mission? various services. One day, one of the agent there gence services worked. This part allowed me to On sale at the ticket counters and boutiques told me something that touched me very much: get past the fantasy surrounding this environment. in the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie and “We can’t talk with our family about our work. I had the opportunity to visit the DGSE premises the Palais de la Découverte, and online / French But now I can show them The Bureau and tell several times. The people I met there were all 48 pages / 9.95 € them, that’s it. They can finally understand what human, dedicated and patriotic. Now I have a my profession is like”. better understanding of the challenges facing Special sessions Another anecdote and this one is quite funny… the intelligence services in democracies and their I was not allowed, of course, to bring a camera or obligation to cooperate in order to meet them. ■ All publics my phone into the DGSE. When the DGSE agents Cryptomath viewed season 1 of The Bureau a few months Am I the only one to read my emails? Is access to later, they were so surprised by how we recreated my online accounts secure? How do digital plat- acurately their environment that an internal forms structure their offers based on our choices? investigation was launched to find out if there Through a historical exploration of cryptography, had been a leak! discover the key principles of encryption, its role in securing personal data, and the place of mathematics and prime numbers in this science. For college students ages 12 to 15 / duration: 1 hr

■ School groups A workshop for deciphering What do Julius Caesar, Mary Stuart and Alan Turing have in common? They all used secret codes! Through events involving these historical figures, students will learn the mechanisms of cryptogra- phy by working to encrypt and decipher messages. For college students ages 12 to 15 / duration: 1 hr

12 13 Academy of spies Cyberwars: States Counterattack Quick-change Gilbert Renault, Vladimir Vetrov and Mata Hari: Adeline C., Head of Cyber ​​Service at the General Technique that involves swiftly changing one’s do these names sound familiar? They are great Management internal security (DGSI); Éric Filiol, appearance to avoid being detected when sha- figures of espionage with one thing in common: cryptology expert and computer virology; Julien *Glossary dowing or being shadowed by an individual. they all trained at the Academy of Spies! Nocetti, teacher-researcher, Schools of St Cyr This prestigious programme trains its partici- Coetquidan, Rennes, associate researcher at the IMSI-catcher pants physically and intellectually for the most French Institute for International Relations (Ifri); a Device used to intercept mobile phone traffic, perilous missions. Becoming a spy is not easy. cyber-expert from the Intelligence Directorate capture data from a distance or track the move- Here young participants will have to apply logic, and Defence Security (DRSD). ments of the phone’s user. observation, speed and concentration skills while Moderation: Jean Guisnel, journalist specializing Legend managing their emotions. Many challenges await in business security, defence and contemporary False identity fabricated for an active agent, them before they can count among the elite in intelligence. complete with a new name, background, bio- the intelligence world! 17 March 2020 at 7 pm graphy, profession, and so on, down to the Primary school students ages 9 to 11 / slightest detail. Within the DGSE, The Bureau is duration: 1 hr Counter-terrorism: the priority of services responsible for making up these identities and intelligence supporting these agents whose false existence Conferences Bernard Emié, General manager, DGSE (to be may need to be maintained for years. confirmed); Nicolas Lerner, General manager, Covert operation The Bureau: the genesis DGSI; Floran Vadillo, associate researcher at the An unofficial operation aimed at producing a Éric Rochant, creator, author and producer of the Montesquieu Research Institute, University of diplomatic, political, social, media, economic, series The Bureau talks with Mélanie Benard-Crozat, Bordeaux. or military effect in a foreign state without the journalist specializing in security and defence issues. Moderation: Guillaume Farde, lecturer at Sciences- official consent of the latter. Moderation: Jean Guisnel, journalist specializing Po Paris. in business security, defence and contemporary 24 March 2020 at 7 pm Faraday bag intelligence. Metallic shield that blocks radio frequencies, thereby preventing cell phones and GPS devices 3 March 2020 at 7 pm Espionage and democracy: a couple under from connecting to the network. tension Nuclear non-proliferation : agreements and Didier Bigo, Professor of International Political disagreements Sociology (IPS) at Sciences Po Paris and professor David Bertolotti, Director of Strategic Affairs, at King’s College London; Olivier Chopin, Phd in Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs; Bruno political science, associate researcher at the Feignier, Director of the Materials and Non- Graduate School of Social Sciences (EHESS); Proliferation Program, Director of military appli- Bertrand Warusfel, lawyer, professor of law at cations, CEA; Emmanuelle Maître, in charge of the university Paris 8. research at the Foundation for Strategic Research. Moderation: Jean Guisnel, journalist. 10 March 2020 at 7 pm 31 March 2020 at 7 pm

After being presented for nine months at the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, the ‘spies’ exhibition will go on an international tour.

14 15 Universcience In co-production with General Directorate for Laurence Caunézil, exhibition curator External Security (DGSE) Project team Géraldine Attié, exhibition co-curator C100 C100 M80 C100 M80 N75 M100 J100 N100 Matthieu Taunay, museologist R0 V158 B224 R0 V68 B148 R0 V18 B61 R226 V0 B26 R26 V23 B27 Web : #009EEDSGE’s0 Web : #004494 Web : #00123D Webmission : #E2001A Web : #1A171B is to obtain, collect, use, and TOE (The Oligarchs Editions) deliver to senior government officials all foreign TOE-The Oligarchs Editions TOE-The Oligarchs Editions is the publishing intelligence regarding geopolitical and strategic Partners A subsidiary of TOG-The Oligarchs Group subsidiary of TOG-The Oligarchs Group founded issues, and threats and risks affecting national by Éric Rochant and Alex Berger in 2008. It security (geopolitical intelligence, counter- President: Alex Berger manages the subsidiary rights to the TV series errorism, cyber defense, counter-proliferation, Managing director: Éric Rochant The Bureau for the producers TOP-The Oligarchs economic security, and counter-intelligence). Project manager: Julien Vaillant-Ciaparra Productions and Federation Entertainment. DGSE is an integrated secret service with Business affairs: Claire Hannebicque After several publications, including Le Diction- overall remit providing French authorities with Opération Isotope – script: François de Saint-Exupéry naire de l’espionnage and The Bureau décrypté impartial assessments, measures and decisions. Opération Isotope – original idea: Alex Berger (co-published with L’Iconoclaste), TOE-The Set creators: Patrick Durand, Fanny Stauff A wide diversity of backgrounds and positions Oligarchs Editions is diversifying and developing Audiovisuals: Mathieu Spadaro make up the nearly 7, 000-strong staff representing a range of creative content, fictional, documen- a real wealth for the Service. The agents operate in Characters and sets taken from the series The Bureau tary, educational, artistic or immersive. . compliance with French legislation in a regulated created by Éric Rochant. and standardized framework. ©TOP-The Oligarchs Productions -Federation In partnership with DGSE decided to contribute, within the bounds Entertainment, an original Canal+ creation. imposed by the requirements of secrecy regarding The National Centre for Counte its operations and capabilities, to the Spies exhibit Scientific committee Terrorism (CNRLT) which aims to explain to visitors the purpose and CNRLT : Pierre de Bousquet de Florian, prefect, missions of an intelligence service coordinator of the French National Centre for In June 2017, French President Emmanuel Counter Terrorism Macron announced the creation of a National DGSE : Patrick Pailloux, technical director Centre for Intelligence and Counter Terrorism Directorate for Defence DGSI : Patrick Guyonneau, technical director (CNRLT) and appointed at its head Pierre de Information and Security (DRSD) DRM : Général de division François de Lapresle, Bousquet de Florian who thereby became associate director of the DRM Macron’s chief adviser on intelligence and counter The DRSD, the of the Ministry of DRSD : Colonel Antoine Pinoteau, technical terrorism. This reform gave the centre enhanced the Armies, is dedicated to the security of sensitive deputy director human and legal means and its expanded juris- installations, equipment, information, and personnel. DNRED : Romain Djoudi, secretary general diction to counter terrorism was confirmed by The DRSD gathers, analyzes and provides counter- Tracfin : Bruno Dalles, director creation of National Centre for Counter Terro- intelligence information to senior government SGDSN : Frédéric Journès, director of technologi- rism (CNCT) as a unit within the CNRLT. The authorities on possible threats to , cal, strategie, and international affairs CNRLT is not an intelligence agency; it’s mission defence interests and the nation’s scientific CNES : Général Philippe Steininger, military advisor is strategic. It responds to the dual need to steer and technological potential (representing 4,000 to the president of the CNES a sensitive public policy and to professionalize defence companies and 200,000 employees). CEA : Céline Jurgensen, strategy director at the advice given to the French president. It coordi- Terrorism, hacking and computer attacks, eco- the Directorate of Military Applications nates all civilian and military intelligence agencies. It nomic warfare, extraterritorial legislation of laws, ESIEA : Éric Filiol, expert in cryptology and transmits the instructions of the French president operations of espionage or destabilization, the computer virology to the heads of the intelligence agencies and the DRSD detects, identifies and prevents these indi- Musée de l’Armée : Lieutenant-colonel ministers responsible for those agencies and vidual, collective or state threats in France and Christophe Bertrand, curator ensures their effective implementation abroad. The DRSD adapts continually to changing Jean Guisnel, specialized journalist threats. It interacts and coordinates with all intelli- Philippe Hayez, magistrate at the Court of Auditors, gence actors and maintains close relations with its professor of intelligence policy at Sciences-Po Paris foreign counterparts. Its motto is: “Inform to protect”.

16 17 Customs National Intelligence Military Intelligence Directorate With scientific support from In collaboration with and Investigations Directorate (DRM) (DNRED) French Alternative Energies and The National Centre for Space Founded in 1992, DRM is the armed forces’ intel- Attached to the Ministry of Public Accounts and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) Studies (CNES) ligence service. Operating under the authority of Action, the National Directorate of Intelligence the Chief of Defence, it assists and advises the and Customs Investigation (DNRED) operates Taking up many social challenges (climate Created in 1961, the CNES is the public institution French high military authorities regarding military throughout the country. change, health, energy mix, nanosciences and responsible for shaping and implementing French intelligence. It is charged with implementing the policy of intel- nanotechnologies, the fight against terrorism), and European space policy. It designs satellites, the CEA is a major player in research, develop- puts them into orbit and devises space systems Moreover, DRM provides capacity for strategic ligence, control and the fight against criminal ment and innovation, operating in four areas: for the future, while promoting the development anticipation and situational assessment to support organisations in the areas within the jurisdiction of low-carbon energies (nuclear and renewable), of new practical everyday services. CNES is at the forces deployed and committed in the different the Directorate General of Customs and Excise technological research for industry and funda- origin of major space projects, launchers and theatres of operations. It also supports the armed (drugs, tobacco, weapons, etc.), countering any mental research (life sciences, physics and satellites, which it commissions for industrial ma- forces with accurate intelligence to plan and attack on legal trade that constitutes a threat to chemistry), defence and security. In this sense, nufacture. It surrounds itself with many scientific conduct operations. The complementarity of its public health and safety. the CEA contributes to national and international partners and participates in numerous joint inter- units allows it to act on the full spectrum of threats. For this purpose, France’s customs intelligence security by supporting, through its expertise in national projects. Represented by the CNES, DRM, which employs 2,000 regular and reserve service analyses the flows of goods and people, science and technology, the fight against nuclear France is one of the key contributors to the Euro- personnel as well as civilian agents, operates five gathers information and implements special proliferation and the monitoring of nuclear tests. It pean Space Agency (ESA), which conducts specialised centres and a joint intelligence training investigation techniques. has developed expertise in detecting and locating Europe’s space policy through its 22 member centre, all contributing to its autonomy of action. The DNRED has specific powers under the airburst, underground or undersea nuclear tests. states. The collaboration between CNES and In addition, it functionally coordinates the resources Customs Code. It is within this framework that the CEA has Universcience aims to bring science and techno- of the three services, namely 8,000 men and DNRED’s support of this exhibition is intended chosen to support this project at Universcience. logy to the general public, especially to a young women. At last, DRM also works in cooperation to enhance awareness of the work of France’s public. with the other French and foreign intelligence customs intelligence service in protecting French and European citizens. . services.

General Directorate for Internal CANAL+ Group is a leading media company Security (DGSI) and pay-TV operator. It is also a leading player in France’s Unit (FIU) free-to-air television with three national channels, The General Directorate for Internal Security Created in 1990, Tracfin is a national service unit in C8, CSTAR and CNEWS, and an ads sales (DGSI), created by decree on 30 April 2014, is the of the Ministry of Action and Public Accounts, agency. CANAL+ Group has a wide internatio- leading service in the fight against terrorism. that counts, since 2008, among the six intelligence nal footprint with a presence in Europe, Africa Through its intelligence and legal activities, it contri- service in France, known as the first circle. and Asia. CANAL+ Group totals more than butes on a daily basis to the security of the national Tracfin is responsible for combating illegal financial 16.2 million subscribers worldwide, including territory. circuits, money laundering and terrorist financing, With the participation of 7.8 million in mainland France. With STUDIO- This is its mission of priority, but it is also charged tax, customs and social security fraud, and the CANAL, CANAL+ Group is also a European lea- with counter-intelligence and with combating protection of economic assets. Its mission is to der in the production, acquisition and distribu- violent extremism and proliferation, and protecting gather, analyse, and exploit information to establish tion of feature films and TV series. CANAL+ economic assets. the criminal source or destination of financial tran- Group is wholly-owned by worldwide inte- Intelligence gathering, analysis and exploitation is sactions, working within the framework of the grated content, media and communication key to enabling the highest authorities to anticipate, Monetary and Financial Code. The Spies exhibi- group, Vivendi prioritize and prevent threats to the country. To this tion is the occasion to promote public familiarity end, DGSI agents with very varied profiles accept with the financial intelligence work fundamental to to work secretly on exciting missions. In this exhibi- the work of all intelligence agencies. tion, a glimpse is provided into some aspects of the work of DGSI agents, their daily lives and their commitment to protecting their fellow citizens.

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