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         US secret agents work at Microsoft: French intelligence

         Source: AFP | Published: Saturday February 19, 7:44 AM

         PARIS, Feb 18 - A French intelligence report today accused US
secret agents of working with computer
         giant Microsoft to develop software allowing Washington to spy
on communications around the world.

         The report, drawn up by the Strategic Affairs Delegation (DAS),
the intelligence arm of the French
         Defence Ministry, was quoted in today's edition of the
news-letter Le Monde du Renseignement
         (Intelligence World).

         Written by a senior officer at the DAS, the report claims
agents from the National Security Agency (NSA)
         helped install secret programmes on Microsoft software,
currently in use in 90 per cent of computers.

         According to the report there was a 'strong suspicion' of a
lack of security fed by insistent rumours about
         the existence of spy programs on Microsoft, and by the presence
of NSA personnel in Bill Gates'
         development teams.

         The NSA protects communications for the US government, and also
intercepts electronic messages for
         the Defence Department and other US intelligence agencies, the
newsletter said.

         According to the report, 'it would seem that the creation of
Microsoft was largely supported, not least
         financially, by the NSA, and that IBM was made to accept the
(Microsoft) MS-DOS operating system by
         the same administration.'

         The report claimed the Pentagon was Microsoft's biggest client
in the world.


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