Word: lebrot
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...workers at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport was presented as part of an effort to identify and eliminate potential terror risks at the heart of one of Europe ' s largest transport hubs. But skeptical voices question whether politics influenced the decision. Deputy prefect in charge of security, Jacques Lebrot, told the media he had acted on the basis of a year-long intelligence inquiry that had identified the workers as regulars of fundamentalist mosques, acquaintances of suspected radicals, or travelers to such Islamist hot spots as Pakistan, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia. One employee had attended a terror training camp...
...Intelligence, police, and Interior Ministry officials asked to comment on the case - and how such serious allegations could be made without the suspects having the chance to examine and respond to them - deferred to Lebrot. Lebrot's office declined to comment, citing pending litigation by Rabehi and seven colleagues who challenged the revocations in court. Pending the court ruling expected next week, Rabehi and another plaintiff had their badges returned to them - proving, Rabehi said, "the authorities acknowledge the information against us was wrong. How can you not doubt the other cases...
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