WikiLeaks Latest Documents: CIA Spied On French Presidents, Political Parties In 2012
Source: International Business Times
Seven documents allegedly show the Central Intelligence Agency spied on all of Frances major political parties in the months leading up to the countrys 2012 presidential election, WikiLeaks revealed Wednesday.
That the United States spied on French and other world leaders is nothing new, but WikiLeaks latest document dump asserts the CIA employed three tasking orders to target Frances Union for a Popular Movement, the Socialist Party and the National Front parties.
The report also said current President Francois Hollande, ex-President Nicholas Sarkozy, leading candidate Marine Le Pen, and former candidates Dominique Strauss-Khan and Martine Aubry were each targeted by one of the main U.S. intelligence arms.
The alleged operation took place from November 2011 to September 2012, or 10 months.
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Read more: http://www.ibtimes.com/wikileaks-latest-documents-cia-spied-french-presidents-political-parties-2012-2493301
bananas
(27,509 posts)CIA espionage orders for the 2012 French presidential election
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All major French political parties were targeted for infiltration by the CIA's human ("HUMINT" and electronic ("SIGINT" spies in the seven months leading up to France's 2012 presidential election. The revelations are contained within three CIA tasking orders published today by WikiLeaks as context for its forth coming CIA Vault 7 series. Named specifically as targets are the French Socialist Party (PS), the National Front (FN) and Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) together with current President Francois Hollande, then President Nicolas Sarkozy, current round one presidential front runner Marine Le Pen, and former presidential candidates Martine Aubry and Dominique Strauss-Khan.
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Significantly, two CIA opposition espionage tasks, "What policies do they promote to help boost France's economic growth prospects?" and "What are their opinions on the German model of export-led growth?" resonate with a U.S. economic espionage order from the same year. That order requires obtaining details of every prospective French export contract or deal valued at $200m or more.
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- All major political parties were targeted for infiltration by the CIA's human ("HUMINT" and electronic ("SIGINT" spies
- published today by WikiLeaks as context for its forth coming CIA Vault 7 series
- tasks resonate with a U.S. economic espionage order from the same year
- The orders state that the collected information is to "support" the activities of the CIA, the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA)'s E.U section, and the U.S. State Department's Intelligence and Research Branch.
dhill926
(16,234 posts)but this seems like an attempt to cast them in a poor light....and supporting trump of course....
obamanut2012
(25,911 posts)DK504
(3,847 posts)And target in what way? Do they mean watch and report? I'm sure Julian forgot that part of the memo.
cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)rpannier
(24,304 posts)Wikileaks to the rescue to save their Furor (sic)
still_one
(91,951 posts)this garbage, hoping that it somehow distracts from the trump organization and Russian connection.
and the POS assange was so outraged that leakers were responsible for leaking the Michael Flynn connection with Russian, THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THAT PIECE OF TRASH.
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/319726-julian-assange-trolls-intel-community-over-flynn-leaks
I hope he ROTS in the ecuadorian embassy
Hekate
(90,189 posts)pnwmom
(108,925 posts)LenaBaby61
(6,965 posts)Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)elmac
(4,642 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)angstlessk
(11,862 posts)What's a spy to do during 'relative' peacetime?
Grassy Knoll
(10,118 posts)Keep It Up, Your Shovels Will Be Needed To Un -Dig Your Ghastly Grave.
tenorly
(2,037 posts)against Socialist candidate Ségolène Royal and her then-husband, Socialist Party leader and current French President François Hollande.
It was of course denied by the Bush regime at the time - but voilà.