http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/02/france24-spying-turmoil-police-hacking By Angelique Chrisafis guardian.co.uk 2 December 2010 It was Jacques Chirac's dream: a French rolling-news channel to challenge the BBC and CNN, beaming Paris's global view into the living rooms of the world. But the beleaguered France 24 channel has instead become a showcase for the back-stabbing, bullying and bravado that some say dominate French workplace relations. After months of squabbling, walkouts and fears of a feud in the upper echelons, France 24's boardroom drama has taken a turn for the worse after police were called in to investigate accusations of spying and computer-hacking in the organisation. Journalists at the channel were stupefied this week to discover that police are looking into charges of a massive spying operation at the top. Detectives found more than two million confidential files apparently illegally downloaded from the computers of executives running France 24, including its president. The alleged spying operation appears to have targeted the highest reaches of Audiovisuel Exterieur de la France (AEF), the holding group created by President Nicolas Sarkozy to merge France 24 with the country's other global state media, the respected Radio France Internationale and part of the French-language channel TV5 Monde. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Thu Dec 02 2010 - 22:15:44 PST
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