Diplomats questioned Microsoft deal with Tunisian regime

“Microsoft sold software and training to the armed forces of
Tunisia’s repressive former regime six years ago, a leaked
WikiLeaks cable has revealed. The deal alarmed even the normally
flag-waving trade patriots in the US government, according to the
cable.

“The leaked cable, sent from the US embassy in Tunis in 2006,
reports that Microsoft sold 12,000 licences for its software, along
with requisite training, to officials running Tunisia’s Ministries
of Justice and Interior who wished to learn how to use computers
and the internet as part of a ‘fight on crime’:

“‘Through a program on cyber criminality, Microsoft will train
government officials in the Ministries of Justice and Interior on
how to use computers and the internet to fight crime.'”

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