Forget Clinton! François Mitterand, the French president from 1981 to 1995 (that’s two terms in France), had dirty laundry of his own– and he knew how to shut it up!
Link: Big Brother was listening.
When Jean-Edern Hallier released his book, “The Lost Honor of Mitterand” in 1996, he sparked controversy and public outcry.
Hallier is shown here in 1996, bombarded by the press.
Apparently from 1983 to 1986, Hallier was the victim of illegal wiretapping and surveillance. Why? Because the President feared he would reveal his secret, illegitimate daughter to the press.
Just last Thursday, decades after the fact, the Parisian courts ruled that Hallier’s family and his brother would all be compensated by the FRENCH GOVERNMENT for the illegal surveillance.
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