I found this article…
French government security experts have reportedly banned — with mixed success — the use of BlackBerries in ministries and in the presidential palace — for fear that they are vulnerable to snooping by U.S. intelligence.
“The risks of interception are real. It is economic war,” daily Le Monde quoted Alain Juillet, in charge of economic intelligence for the government, as saying. With BlackBerries, there is “a problem with the protection of information,” he said.
Le Monde said information sent from BlackBerries goes through servers in the United States and Britain, and that France fears that the U.S. National Security Agency can snoop.
I am curious to see what Blackberry will release something in response to this. Maybe, I am speaking from a lack of knowledge about France; but what kind of government secrets could the US be in search of? Please someone enlighten me?
A Politico 