The service was restructured in 2004 , under pressure from the “ war on terror ” , created after the terror attacks on 11 September 2001 . The restructuring resulted in the legal basis for the creation of an intelligence agency ( '' Loi du 15 juin 2004 portant organisation du Service de Renseignement de l’Etat '' ) to deal with the following threats : Patrick Heck has been the executive director of the SRE since March 1 , 2010 , and his predecessor Marco Mille held the position from 2003 to 2009
terror attacks on 11 September 2001
September 11 attacks
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