ECHELON mentioned twice on R4

[Quentin Campbell]

On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, Gilead Cooper wrote:

> Subject: Re: ECHELON mentioned twice on R4
> 
> > The first at about 06:15 reported a French judicial(?) enquiry into the
> > role of ECHELON (and of Britain being used) as a tool for economic
> > espionage against France. The reporter was the BBC correspondent in Paris,
> > James Kumerasamy (sp?). Ironically it was the French attempts to bribe
> > Saudi officials in 1994 that the Americans allegedly intercepted and
> > reported to the Saudi government, scuppering the Airbus deal in favour of
> > American plane makers.
> > 
> Does anyone know the French for "chutzpah"?

A rough translation might be "merde, nous sommes attrapes encore!"

 
Quentin
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