French anger at American spying revelations
French anger at American spy revelations is set to cast a shadow over talks on the future of Syria while French courts decide if they have enough information to launch legal proceedings against the NSA and FBI.
Fifteen years ago an American electronics firm called Raytheon was the surprise winner of a contract to equip the Amazon basin with an electronic network. The business was thought to have been a shoo-in for French company Thompson. The French were certain they had the best product and the best price.
What they didn't know was that the Americans had been using their Echelon surveillance system to listen in to the communications between Thompson's negotiators in Brazil and its Paris HQ.
The story is related by the former head of the DGSE (French intelligence) Alain Juillet who now heads the Company Security Directors' Club and the Economic Intelligence Academy.
http://www.dw.de/french-anger-at-american-spying-revelations/a-17178334
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