A real "thriller", exciting and full of revelations

Born into a family of magistrates (for 11 generations) south-west of France, Judge Jean-Louis Bruguière has become the symbol of the fight against terrorism. It has indeed played a key role in most of the major issues of anti-terrorism in France for a quarter century, that is to say, during the period of the bombing of the Rue des Rosiers until tomorrow 11 September 2001. The book of interviews he has just published, entitled "What I could not say," is a unique document in several respects. First, it is a fascinating book and well "tied", which reads like a real detective story. The reader is led, following Judge Bruguière, around the globe on the trail of Action Directe terrorist, Abu Nidal or Al Qaeda.

It is also a first-hand some of the most burning issues, which have hit the headlines and makes the headlines in France for more than 25 years, Street attacks des Rosiers (1982) and UTA DC10 (1989), through the assassination of Shapur Bakhtiar (1991), the Direct Action of attacks and the Algerian GIA in the 1990s, to the many issues related to the Islamist terrorist network Al-Qaida