PARIS — France announced sweeping new measures to counter homegrown terrorism Wednesday, including giving security forces better weapons and protection, going on an intelligence agent hiring spree and creating a better database of anyone suspected of extremist links.
The new security measures include increased intelligence-gathering on jihadis and other radicals, in part by making it easier to tap phones. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said Internet providers and social networks "have a legal responsibility under French law" to comply with the new measures. Read more...
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