intercepted the faxes and telephone calls of Airbus. What resulted was the information
was then forwarded to Boeing and McDonnell-Douglas in which they snagged the
contract from under Airbus' feet. In 1996, the CIA hacked into the computers of the
Japanese Trade Ministry seeking "negotiations on import quotas for US cars on the
Japanese market". Resulting with the information being passed off to "US negotiator
Mickey Kantor" who accepted a lower offer.
As an American you might say "so what, more power to us" but to think that any
government wouldn't do it to its own citizens for whatever reason would be absurd.
There are a lot of horrible routes this could take.
> computers of the
> Japanese Trade Ministry seeking "negotiations on import quotas for US
> cars on the
> Japanese market". Resulting with the information being passed off to
> "US negotiator
> Mickey Kantor" who accepted a lower offer.
>
> As an American you might say "so what, more power to us" but to think
> that any
> government wouldn't do it to its own citizens for whatever reason would
> be absurd.
