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Intelligence Online

Intelligence Online (abbreviated as IO) is an independent French investigative journalism website reporting on the activity of intelligence services (DGSE, US Intelligence Community, MI6, BND, Russian services...), competitive intelligence, foreign relations and diplomacy. Founded in 1980, it is headquartered in Paris and published in two languages (French and English) by the independent press company Indigo Publications. Its editor-in-chief is Antoine Izambard. The website runs on a subscription-based model.

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Article summary

Intelligence Online (abbreviated as IO) is an independent French investigative journalism website reporting on the activity of intelligence services (DGSE, US Intelligence Community, MI6, BND, Russian services...), competitive intelligence, foreign relations and diplomacy. Founded in 1980, it is headquartered in Paris and published in two languages (French and English) by the independent press company Indigo Publications. Its editor-in-chief is Antoine Izambard. The website runs on a subscription-based model.

Key claims

  1. date of foundation: 1980 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1980". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1376111594

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.