Sarkozy denounces "Stasi" phone-tapping

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Angry former president likens eavesdropping to actions of former East German police and says Republic's principles have been 'trampled' on.

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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has attacked the phone-tapping conducted by magistrates investigating him, breaking his silence on the subject to liken the actions to those of the "Stasi" police of former Communist East Germany, reports Reuters.