Colonelie Marie-Laure Buisson reveals the secrets of the espional profession

Espionage is not just a matter of men. Marie-Laure Buisson, colonelle of the Air Force Citizen Reserve, wrote a book Spies, six exceptional secret agents (Press of the City, 2024), who is interested in six women, around the world, who became spy. This profession, in the very masculine collective imagination, is increasingly feminized. The DGSE in France or Mossad in Israel, recruit more and more women, as less likely to arouse suspicion. “They are underestimated, we do not be wary of women”She justifies in Franceinfo. Qualities that can be very useful during their missions.

Thus, in France, “About 30% of DGSE agents, managers of espionage work, information collection or decrypts, are women”advance Marie-Laure Buisson. Their image is also modified: “There is obviously a snapshot that has a hard life when we talk about spy, that is to say that they are necessarily seduce. It has been true for centuries and centuries, but today, this is no longer the case.” Specialist in armaments or nuclear, “Capable of handling several languages”they are “Fuaring spies”concludes the colonel.