WikiLeaks has released three classified CIA spy orders that detail how the agency were involved in ‘hacking’ the French elections in 2012. According to the espionage orders, the CIA spent seven months infiltrating all of France’s major political parties in order to influence the outcome of the French presidential election. Rt.com reports: The documents disclose that all of France’s major political parties were targeted for infiltration by the CIA’s human (“HUMINT”) and electronic (“SIGINT”) spies. RELEASE: CIA espionage orders for the last French presidential electionhttps://t.co/ARd8alUjMS #CIAFrance pic.twitter.com/15Q5ojw4L4 — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) February 16, 2017 The CIA assessed that President Nicholas Sarkozy’s UMP party was not assured re-election and ordered officers to find out Sarkozy’s private deliberations “on the other candidates” as well as how he interacted with his advisors, according to the documents. The agency also reportedly outlined orders specific to the UMP (Union for a Popular Movement), including obtaining the party’s “Strategic Election Plans” and gleaning private thoughts within the party on Sarkozy’s campaign strategies. RELEASE: Full text of CIA orders targetting French presidential election including Hollande, Sarkozy & Le Pen https://t.co/BUrH14uePb pic.twitter.com/I4TDfbCvYA — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) February 16, 2017 The agency also outlined orders specific to the UMP (Union for [...]
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