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In a letter to Yvonne Davet, Orwell described Animal Farm as his novel 'contre Stalin'.

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Later that summer, Le Monde accused the security agency of having spied on Mr. Davet to identify the sources for his July article, which was based on a confidential police hearing of Mr. Woerth.

French Probe Media Spying David Gauthier-Villars 2011

A collaboration between architects Delphine Ding and José Ulloa Davet produced this remodeled house in Tunquén, Chile.

Tunquén House Remodel by Delphine Ding and José Ulloa Davet 2009

In a letter to Yvonne Davet, Orwell described Animal Farm as his novel 'contre Stalin'.

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The journalist, Gérard Davet, was reporting on a probe into the legality of donations to Mr. Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign by France's richest woman, Liliane Bettencourt.

French Probe Media Spying David Gauthier-Villars 2011

In July 2010, Mr. Davet wrote an article pointing to a possible conflict of interest involving France's then-budget minister, who was also the UMP's fund-raising manager, in regard to his dealings with Ms. Bettancourt.

French Probe Media Spying David Gauthier-Villars 2011

The new allegations are contained in a book by Gerard Davet and Fabrice Lhomme and conveyed by Isabelle Prevost-Desprez , a senior magistrate in Nanterre who was also looking into the Bettencourt case before it was moved to Bordeaux.

Sarkozy Denies Donation Claims Gabriele Parussini 2011

The most recent case of alleged government spying occurred when Mr. Davet and other Le Monde reporters were probing allegations by a former employee of Ms. Bettencourt that threatened to damage Mr. Sarkozy and his ruling party, the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire.

French Probe Media Spying David Gauthier-Villars 2011

The correspondence shows that, in the summer of 2010, the agency requested and obtained from France Télécom the detailed cellphone bills of Mr. Davet, these people said.

French Probe Media Spying David Gauthier-Villars 2011

"What's new in the Woerth-Bettencourt case is that the surveillance of journalists seems to be happening with complete impunity," Davet says.

Reporting the L'Oreal/Bettencourt affair: is it worth it? Angelique Chrisafis in Paris 2010