Paris attacks spur criticism of French intelligence
In the neighborhood of Saint-Denis today, soldiers and heavily armed police raid, targeting what police described as accomplices in last Friday's multiple terror attacks. But many are asking how security and intelligence systems failed to stop the attack.
By mid morning police were saying at least two people were dead, including a woman who blew herself up. Police were looking for Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a man they believed masterminded the Paris attacks.
There have been lots of questions swirling about French intelligence and security, including whether authorities and the wider country could have learned lessons after last winter's attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo.
Janine Di Giovanni is the middle east editor of Newsweek. She's also the author of a new book on Syria called "Dispatches from Syria: The Morning They Came For Us." Janine Di Giovanni lives in Paris.
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This segment was produced by The Current's Lara O'Brien.