Tuesday, February 19, 2008

French bugs 'discovered in UK Defence Minister's office'

UK - A leading MP is to challenge the Government over claims that a Defence Minister was bugged by the French when he was responsible for the award of billions of pounds worth of contracts.

Tory MP Patrick Mercer says senior security sources have told him that bugs were placed in the offices of Lord Drayson, the then-Defence Procurement Minister, at the House of Lords and in the Ministry of Defence, so the French could eavesdrop on conversations about valuable projects.

The claim has the potential to cause a major diplomatic row between Britain and France, which regularly compete for huge defence equipment contracts all over the world. (more)

Do you handle...
• 'huge contracts',
• expensive product development,
• major marketing campaigns,
• mergers and acquisitions,
• financial investments,
• sensitive investigations,
• valuable intellectual property,
• and, things so secret only you know about them?
Imagine the effect a bug in your office would have on you and your company.
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