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The Journal du Dimanche publishes this morning an interview with General Rondot. It's not available online, but the Nouvel Obs has a summary up here. Basically and unsurprisingly, it's a CYA exercise. Excerpts:

"Il n'a jamais été question d'enquêter sur Nicolas Sarkozy ou sur d'autres hommes politiques dont les noms sont apparus sur les listings"

There was never any question of investigating Nicolas Sarkozy or other politicians whose names appeared in the listings

Questionné sur l'existence d'un "compte caché" de Jacques Chirac au Japon, il répond : "c'est une non-affaire".

Questioned about the existence of a 'hidden account' held by Jacques Chirac in Japan, he replies: "It's a non-affair"

Le général Rondot tient, par ailleurs, Nicolas Sarkozy pour "une victime, car son nom apparaît dans une liste, tardivement". "Il s'agit d'une calomnie. Mais de là à dire qu'il était une cible, je n'en sais rien", dit-il encore.

General Rondot takes Nicolas Sarkozy for "a victim, because his name appears in a list late in the game". "It's a smear. But to go from there to saying he was a target, I don't know at all."

"Je n'ai subi aucune pression, et n'ai eu aucun contact avec l'Elysée, Matignon ou le ministère de la Défense au cours des dernières semaines".

I have not been pressured, and have had no contact with the Elysee, Matignon, or the Ministry of Defence during the last weeks"

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun May 14th, 2006 at 04:03:15 AM EST
As you point out above, it's not CYA, it's CMA (cover many asses)... Probably too many.

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sun May 14th, 2006 at 05:01:32 AM EST
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Yes, it seems very hard to cover the asses of Chirac, Villepin, MAM, Sarkozy, and himself, all in one operation. Or, to use a French metaphor, he'll need an enormous umbrella.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun May 14th, 2006 at 07:34:08 AM EST
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