France Bans BlackBerry’s in the Government
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I just have to ask why the hell would we spy on France? Since when did the U.S. Gov really care what the french was doing? Oh wait could it have been the ties to Iroq and Syria…. hmmm
BlackBerry handhelds have been called addictive, invasive, wonderful — and now, a threat to French state secrets.
That, at least, is the fear of French government defense experts, who have advised against their use by officials in France’s corridors of power, reportedly to avoid snooping by U.S. intelligence agencies.
“It’s not a question of trust,” French lawmaker Pierre Lasbordes told The Associated Press. “We are friends with the Americans, the Anglo-Saxons, but it’s economic war.”
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