At the time, “we had no idea what could happen because the terrorist threat had changed in nature”, explains the former chairman of the parliamentary commission of inquiry into the attacks of November 13, 2015.
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“We are certainly much better prepared” today in the face of terrorist threats, believes on Saturday November 13 on franceinfo the former investigating judge and former president of the parliamentary commission of inquiry into the attacks of November 13, 2015, Georges Fenech, while the commemorations of the attacks are hold Saturday in Paris, six years later.
“We should not introduce a lawsuit in the process”, according to Georges Fenech, while since September 8, the Special Assize Court of Paris has tried 20 defendants, suspected of being involved in the preparation of the attacks, including the last member of the commandos still alive, Salah Abdeslam. For the former magistrate, the parliamentary commission of inquiry he headed has already shed light on the lack of preparation of the intelligence services in the face of terrorist threats. “The answer is clear, we had no idea what was going on”, he analyzes, because “the terrorist threat had changed in nature”.
Since November 13, 2015, “We had to adapt, review our systems, better coordinate our intelligence services, which was done with the creation of a task force at the Elysee Palace”, describes Georges Fenech.
The former investigating judge also pleads for “two or three prisons” are entirely reserved for radicalized prisoners, in order, according to him, to “better control them, and fight against the phenomenon of radicalization with more security”. He recognizes, however, that “the current shortage of prison places” make this proposal “very difficult to set up”.