Small groups pose new terrorist threat - French judge

PARIS (Reuters) - France needs more robust local policing, better intelligence sharing and the ability to infiltrate small radical Islamist groups if it hopes to fight new security threats at home, France's top anti-terrorism judge told Reuters.

Paris' centralized intelligence system - which for nearly two decades helped protect France from a major terrorist attack until a radical Islamist killed seven people last year - is designed to target organised groups like al Qaeda but not the new breed of individuals posing a threat, Marc Trevidic said.