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Technical Glitch Lets Reporters Eavesdrop On Obama, Sarkozy

Hugh Pickens writes "BBC reports that a technical glitch allowed reporters to listen in on a private conversation between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and US President Barack Obama, made in a backroom meeting at the G20 summit, treating listeners to a rare insight into the importance of personal relationships in international politics. 'I can't stand him any more,' said Mr. Sarkozy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 'He's a liar.' Mr. Obama replied: 'You're sick of him. I have to deal with him every day!' According to Reuters, the two presidents were apparently 'unaware that the microphones in their meeting room had been switched on, enabling reporters in a separate location to listen in to a simultaneous translation.' The reporters made 'a group decision... not to report the conversation as it was considered private and off-the-record,' but Arrets Sur Images, a French website that covers current affairs, got wind of the exchange and broke the story."

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  1. Re:Israel is running out of allies... by couchslug · · Score: -1, Troll

    Only Christians have any sort of obligation to Israel, specifics to be determined by their chosen superstition.

    No loss if everything in the Middle East went up in a mushroom cloud.
    The superstitions of ALL those beasts make them unworthy of support by modern man. Too bad Iran and Israel can't sling ten or fifteen nukes at each other and slow the cancer.

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