Saturday, November 13, 2010

French government spying on journalists...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has come under criticism for allegedly recruiting a surveillance unit to spy on journalists amid reports of government corruption.

The allegations first surfaced following a report in September by the daily newspaper Le Monde, in which the Central Directorate of Interior Intelligence (DCRI) -- the French equivalent of the CIA-- was accused of involvement in tracking down an anonymous source in the scandal linked to L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt's illegal donations to Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign, the Globe and Mail reported on Friday. More...

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