France attacks probe urges intelligence overhaul

2016-07-06 3

A French inquiry into the terror attacks that rocked Paris in 2015, recommends a fusion of the country's intelligence services after the "global failure" of the country's myriad agencies. After 200 hours of hearings, lawmakers found that the different agencies had struggled to communicate about known Islamists who had either been under surveillance, in prison or had their phones tapped at some point before carrying out attacks.