Topic: French Intelligence

Media analysts including Andrea Mitchell and Geraldo Rivera criticize French and American intelligence agencies for failing to detect the coordinated Paris attacks. The discussion focuses on how a sophisticated operation involving multiple terrorists could occur without a "whisper" being picked up by the CIA or French services. Former police commissioner Bernie Kerik is cited calling the event a colossal failure of intelligence.

In an interview with Dutch broadcaster Nieuwsuur, Edward Snowden characterized the Netherlands as the "surveillance kings of Europe." He claimed that while the Dutch services are technically subordinate to the NSA, they are valued for their geographic access to undersea cables. Snowden also noted that the CIA holds a higher level of respect and fear for French counterintelligence services.