on 3 september 2008, "le canard enchaîné" published a frenic (french national intelligence cell) report to the general staff and to military intelligence, claiming that the reconnaissance patrol had been ill-prepared. it pointed to ammunition running low during the first incident in a patrol planned to last for several days, lack of support weapons in a 100-man patrol, and lack of advance observations and surveillance. the existence of this report was categorically denied by the ministry of defence, and its credibility was questioned by journalist jean guisnel, who noted that several passages of the "secret report" had been copied from "le point" website.