Raid on spy's home 'reveals details of Chirac's secret £30m bank account'

Scotsman by Susan Bell | May. 24, 2007 (News Report)

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 ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - May 24, 2007 - 9:42 AM PDT
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William Wittmeyer
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 by William Wittmeyer - Oct. 1, 2008

Surprise, Surprise Surprise Le President is a crook! The story just hints at the revelations to come. Questions like how much of this money is from African Dictators kept in power by the French Foreign Legion, how much came from Saddam via the UN's oil for food scandal just beg to be answered. Inquiring minds want to know.

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