In 2000 verklaarde toenmalig CIA- directeur James Woolsey het volgende aan het congres: " Economic spying was justified because European companies had a “national culture” of bribery and were the principle offenders from the point of view of paying bribes in major international contracts in the world" .
En 2000, l'ancien directeur de la CIA James Woosley déclarait au Congrès: « Economic spying was justified because European companies had a “national culture” of bribery and were the principle offenders from the point of view of paying bribes in major international contracts in the world».