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Tasers in spotlight of alleged French spying plot
Oct 15 2008, AP

A postman-turned-leftist politician who has campaigned against the use of Tasers claims he has been targeted by a shady spy ring _ allegedly made up of crooked cops, private eyes and the head of a French company that sells the stun guns.

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