General Vincent Desportes, former head of the French War College, who spoke often over the past two years on strategic issues, was tapped by the Central Directorate of Internal Intelligence (DCRI) on the orders of the Elysee, Le Canard Enchaine revealed, Wednesday, Jan. 5. For giving an interview to Le Monde, July 2, 2010, a few weeks of his retirement, he was summoned by his superiors.She had claimed the Minister of Defence severe punishment. A few days earlier, on June 22, the Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Edouard Guillaud, however, was reached before the last class of the War College to encourage senior officers to speak: "The Reserve duty is not an excuse for a reserve mute who, by dint of being silent, becomes cowardly and irresponsible! We have our place in the policy debate, "he told the trainees.
In the interview in Le Monde, General Desportes, a former student of the War College, U.S. Army, author of several books of reference, exposed the limits of American strategy of cons-led insurgency in Afghanistan: "It does not seem to work "he said. "Factually, the situation has never been worse," he added, criticizing the "middle path" chosen by the U.S.
executive, who decided to send 30,000 more troops when the military claimed 100 000. "It's an American war. (...) There is no voice of strategic allies, "he concluded. The initiative was widely publicized in the military: the general was expressing what many, even without contesting the French commitment Afghanistan, thought.
In July, a rare, president of the Saint-Cyr, General Dominique Delort, and was published in The cassowary, journal of the association officers Coetquidan, an editorial in reaction to the case for highlight the right of military to speak. In late August, Vincent Desportes has finally received a reprimand.
But he escaped several positions in this career: the direction of the Institute of Higher National Defence Studies (IHEDN), and the museum's armies, which has just been filled. Other developments have also earned him to be monitored. for speaking in his name in the press on several occasions - notably in the World in April 2008 when the current debate on the Defence White Paper, the new strategic roadmap French - he had exasperated his superiors and the Elysée.
It is especially suspect, which he denies, of have been part of group of officers who, under the pseudonym Surcouf, published June 18, 2008, an article in Le Figaro on the same subject. The searches were then followed this publication, the Defense Intelligence College (the school war) and IHEDN.
They were conducted by the Directorate for Protection and Security of Defense (DPSD) and the DCRI (interior ministry). Computers were seized. But only the DCRI has continued the work: Staff had made it clear he would not see soldiers searching in the affairs of other military and, according to several sources, DPSD was not considered enough by the diligent executive.
The plays have lasted until the general retreat in the summer of 2010. Since the hierarchy is floor students in higher education about the military expression trapped law, which took a significant place in the internal reflections and speeches of leaders. The officers recognized the limitations of the exercise.
For many, an old adage still win "thinking is already disobeying. Nathalie Guibert
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