DGSI, or why French rioters cannot defeat the state

Published December 6, 2018 10:03pm ET



Violent French rioters should pause in the face of their domestic intelligence services. Because if they are ordered to do so, those services can identify individuals with relative ease.

I note this in light of the ongoing riots afflicting France each weekend. Begun by the so-called “yellow vest” protesters who oppose planned gas tax increases by President Emmanuel Macron’s government, the protests have now descended into rioting.

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