In the case of false listings Clearstream, Imad Lahoud had always denied being the forger and even protested his innocence in a book called The Guilty ideal. Reversal: he says now, in Le Point to appear Thursday 27 November, having himself "added the name of Nicolas Sarkozy in false listings.
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Suspected by the judges Henri Pons and Jean-Marie d'Huy to be the author of the forgery, the computer scientist and businessman had anyway been referred to the Paris Correctional Court for "slanderous denunciation" and " forgery and use of false ". After instruction, close on November 17, former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin was returned to Corrections for complicity in false accusation.
Imad Lahoud explained in the weekly he would have added the name of the current President of the Republic in the office of Yves Bertrand, at the time patron of information (RG). The two men allegedly encountered in any "six times" said Lahoud. "The last time I saw Bertrand was in his office, to add the name of Sarkozy on false listings. This is the only name that I added. It was in the presence of a third person, which I prefer for now withholding the identity, "he told the weekly. In a statement, Mr. Bertrand reiterated, Wednesday 26 November, "he never met with Imad Lahoud" and "surprised" by addition of a "hard as" Point against him. It "will file a complaint for defamation from the publication" of the weekly, Thursday, said the press release.
Lahoud argues that "these appointments are" in "electronic diaries, which were seized in the Clearstream affair". He added: "Unfortunately, the judges [Jean-Marie d'Huy and Henri Pons] have never bothered to see if the boss GR appeared there." "I'm caught in a defensive end where I block all silly. I am tired, exhausted," he adds. However, according to journalists Point, Imad Lahoud would be unable to describe the office of Mr. Bertrand.
The investigation into the Clearstream affair had been opened on 3 September 2004 by judges Jean-Marie d'Huy and Henri Pons for "slanderous denunciation". The aim was to identify the perpetrators and accomplices of a smear campaign whose targets were senior leaders of industry, administration, intelligence and politics. These names appeared on documents allegedly from the archives of Clearstream, Luxembourg company expected their respective accounts sheltering. The documents - listings and CD-Rom - had been sent anonymously to judge Renaud Van Ruymbeke, who then worked on the case of frigates to Taiwan.
LAHOUD HEARING AS WITNESS IN ANOTHER CASE
In addition, the former vice-chairman of EADS, Jean-Louis Gergorin, was remanded in custody and the computer Imad Lahoud heard as a witness by the police, Wednesday 26 November, as part of a judicial inquiry for "fraud" at the expense of EADS. This investigation was opened in February 2007 following a complaint from aerospace and defense against Lahoud for "fraud, forgery and breach of trust". The company suspected the computer, hired by Mr. Gergorin, having spent 84 000 euros in taxis, between October 2004 and May 2006, when he had a car. Similar facts are also accused EADS Mr Gergorin.
The judicial investigation for embezzlement at the expense of EADS is also educated by Jean-Marie d'Huy but "has nothing to do" with the Clearstream case, said judicial sources.
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