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I am curious how this story ended up at the BBC. The company settled for $11m over a 30 year fraud. I would be surprised if this was more than an ancillary supplier. Note the wording: they "supplied steel castings used by Navy contractors to make submarine hulls".

I haven't followed the row closely, but I wonder if this isn't a clever story placement by the French: https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/french-ambassador-accus...

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The story comes from the Associated Press who wrote the article following the announcement that the metallurgist plead guilty in a court the previous day. The BBC has stories from all corners of the globe, unlike our major media who only print foreign stories if it has an American angle to it.

> but I wonder if this isn't a clever story placement by the French

of course - because the british press are famous for being sympathetic to the french /s

the daily mail picked it up as well - and if the comment section are to be believed this is clearly the fault of biden and 'Cackling Kamala' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10182839/Metallurgi...

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