France 'has vast data surveillance' - Le Monde report

BBC ^

[Perdogg]

France's foreign intelligence service intercepts computer and telephone data on a vast scale, like the controversial US Prism programme, according to the French daily Le Monde.

[Sacajaweau]

Wow....Other countries spy....who knew.....

[LibertyOh]

Air Frog also has a bit of a reputation for bugging at least its First Class section (e.g., Jack Anderson article from 1995 http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=860&dat=19950320&id=7V5UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F48DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4545,2982157 )
Can’t imagine they’ve exercised restraint since then.

[moovova]

We are so screwed... don't forget that France has Chief Inspector Closseau.

[lafroste]

This may also be the old "what the hell, everyone else is doing it too" rationalization for bad behavior. Just as kids using this rationale, there is a natural escalation as every kid, to prove he's the most, the biggest, etc. incrementally pushes the line until all involved are committing overt criminal acts that have already been completely rationalized as acceptable behavior. Right now you can see that same pattern clearly in the increasing violence young black people are displaying in random attacks on their perceived enemies (whites).

It's still wrong, and it still needs to be corrected.

[Gay State Conservative]

Europe,it’s said,is outraged by the possibility that we’ve been “spying” on them.I wonder if any of the data that the French has is about us!