Amesys

The recently abandoned room is lined with posters and English-language training manuals stamped with the name Amesys, a unit of French technology firm Bull SA, which installed the monitoring center.

Firms Aided Libyan Spies Paul Sonne 2011

Mr. Mehiri calls Amesys's decision to sell Libya an invasive spying tool despite Gadhafi's history of repression "a cowardly act and a flagrant violation of human rights," adding: "To me, they are therefore directly involved in the work of the Gadhafi criminal regime."

Life Under the Gaze of Gadhafi's Spies Margaret Coker 2011

Lawmakers from the opposition Socialist Party in France have called for a parliamentary inquiry into any role the French government might have played in facilitating Amesys's sale of equipment to Libya.

Life Under the Gaze of Gadhafi's Spies Margaret Coker 2011

Amesys in 2009 equipped the center with "deep packet inspection" technology, one of the most intrusive techniques for snooping on people's online activities, according to people familiar with the matter.

Firms Aided Libyan Spies Paul Sonne 2011

Human-rights groups have filed court complaints asking French prosecutors to investigate Amesys for what the groups call possible violations of export rules and complicity in torture.

Life Under the Gaze of Gadhafi's Spies Margaret Coker 2011

On its website, Amesys says its "strategic nationwide interception" system can detect email from Hotmail, Yahoo and Gmail and see chat conversations on MSN instant messaging and AIM.

Firms Aided Libyan Spies Paul Sonne 2011

Earlier this year, Libyan officials held talks with Amesys and several other companies including Boeing Co.'s Narus, a maker of high-tech Internet traffic-monitoring products, as they looked to add sophisticated Internet-filtering capabilities to Libya's existing monitoring operation, people familiar with the matter said.

Firms Aided Libyan Spies Paul Sonne 2011

The surveillance room, which people familiar with the matter said Amesys equipped with its Eagle system in late 2009, shows how Col.

Firms Aided Libyan Spies Paul Sonne 2011

The Wall Street Journal A poster bearing the logo of French firm Amesys, found in a monitoring room at Tripoli's internal security building.

First Look Inside Security Unit 2011

Amesys and ZTE had deals with different arms of Col.

Firms Aided Libyan Spies Paul Sonne 2011