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Not a chance. The newspaper can't be touched. They are not subject to French laws & there were not dealing with any classified material of Australia. No case can be made out.

The newspaper & the reporter are not going to be in the line of fire, the only one who could be gone after is the supposed ex-employee of DCNS. Both Bradley Manning & Edward Snowden were the direct sources & were guilty of removing classified material. No news outlet who carried the material...

Was referring to the article which cited sources claiming no negligence on DCNS's part. The fact that they are suddenly pointing to 2011 as when the leak/theft took place & the Australian reporting also stating the same meant that this was known. Or do you think that they didn't know anything...

The fact is this is just a distinction without a difference. How does it matter? The end result is the same. As far as absolving DCNS, how does it? Whether theft or leak, DCNS is the source. If this guy stole this in 2011 & DCNS knew it but didn't tell the Indian side, that would rate as a very...

Good..? Bad...? :lol: Get real..!. This exists, so we must deal with it. Period.

Maybe on whatever planet you live on, most reporters will do what this one has. You still though have got it wrong, what the reporter puts out is a small issue, the fact that this information is available means that parties with far more resources might have already got their hands on it and it...

Why so defensive? Who has talked about cancelling the deal at this point? As of now, we are running around like headless chickens because we don't know what else is out there. The reporter is not the problem, your focus is lopsided. The reporter is doing his job, what should worry us is who else...

Ya, we are both the laughing stock & the punching bag for every Tom, Dick & Harry.......We need more than just putting on a brave face here.....Btw, what the Australian reporter is doing is not strange at all, he is exploiting to the maximum his moment in the sun. He has the documents, we do not...

In the case you quoted (Finmeccanica), GoI had absolutely no option but to do what they did. Anything else would have been suicide. This is a different type of an issue, more serious than charges of bribery with a possibility of a compromised platform. Regardless of whether or not GoI feel the...

Considering that a prosecution was successfully carried out in Italy, maybe you should teach them how the law works according to you. Unlike you, I go by what exists on the ground, not what conspiracy theory might have put them there. A little idea of jurisdiction might inform you why who the...

Australia might have been the intended target, India was the victim. Different, not different.....can't handle such a scandal only behind the scenes. Has to be done both there & upfront.

Irrelevant to the Italian case. The Italian authorities were concerned that bribes were paid, investigated, found that bribes had been paid, convicted the gentlemen concerned & also fined them substantially. The TATRA truck issue was an internal issue with the CoAS taking a position. Can't...

Correction. Convicted of bribery In the Indian deal but not jailed pending appeal in Italian Supreme Court. An earlier post of mine in this thread has the details. Something has happened, that much we know. The extent of damage is unknown at this point. Whether blacklisting or cancellation is...

Didn't make that argument but are you suggesting that we should just pretend that nothing happened? The follow on is definitely a big question mark until the situation becomes clearer. In which case we have a partner, DCNS who doesn't seem up to the task (the enemies would have to include not...

Not a single prosecution? There are people sitting in jail in Italy after being convicted.

Refreshingly candid in the assessment of the survival ability of any Palestinian state but a pie in the sky idea of being absorbed in a greater Israel. The Israelis wouldn't mind the land (considering that they go on & on about how God gave it to them :-)) but are unlikely to want this addition...

Unfortunately, this will have to be taken with a truckload of salt. What does anyone expect the MoD to say....? It might be true or it might not be but any & all statements coming out now, especially when "top governmental sources" say something will carry with it, a credibility question. The...

I didn't bring it up, just something that popped up in your discussion with another poster. Getting to understand your position, offering a counter for your attention. Nothing more.

Not soldiering on to condemn any religion, no interest there. Just that your post caught my eye. I'm non-religious, no illusions about any religion.

I would disagree without taking issue with any of your core arguments. Terrorists may be Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Christian etc but the reference to them as being Islamic, Hindu, Christian etc is in connection to the cause they seek to fight for, which is why the Christians who attacked the British...