[antimedia] antimedia: You have to go overseas to find out....

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Posted by antimedia:
You have to go overseas to find out....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1180056170.shtml


   ....that [1]Jacques Chirac is in serious trouble. The American media
   is not covering the story, even though it's the kind of story that's a
   blockbuster event.

     LONG-STANDING rumours that the former French president Jacques
     Chirac holds a secret multi-million-euro bank account in Japan
     appear to have been confirmed by files seized from the home of a
     senior spy.
     Papers seized by two investigating magistrates from General
     Philippe Rondot, a former head of the DGSE, France's intelligence
     service, show Mr Chirac opened an account in the mid-1990s at Tokyo
     Sowa Bank, credited with the equivalent of £30 million. It is not
     known where the money came from, nor whether it is connected to
     various kick-back scandals to which Mr Chirac's name has been
     linked over the past decade.
     Last year, Mr Chirac "categorically denied" having a bank account
     in Japan.
     The seized documents have been described by the magistrates as
     "explosive" and are believed to contain copies of the former
     president's bank statements.

   The reason Chirac could make a categorical denial was because he was
   confident that the evidence of his account had been destroyed.
   Unfortunately for him, it had not. The man he tasked with the job, a
   high level member of French intelligence, removed the documents, but
   instead of destroying them, he kept them at his house.
   Now the French courts have them.
   This story is not being covered in the US media, but it is in the
   blogosphere. What a surprise, huh? (Hat tip to [2]Austin Bay.)
   Tags: [3]France [4]Chirac [5]corruption [6]bank account

References

   1. http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=805742007
   2. http://austinbay.net/blog/?p=1803
   3. http://technorati.com/tag/France
   4. http://technorati.com/tag/Chirac
   5. http://technorati.com/tag/corruption
   6. http://technorati.com/tag/bank%20account