DSK Surveillance Video with English and French Subtitles
On Thursday, December 8, 2011, French TV station BFMTV broadcast a video, compiled from Hotel Sofitel security camera footage, relevant to the case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn (DSK), who was arrested on May 14, 2011 and charged with sexual assault and attempted rape, charges that he denied "with the greatest possible firmness." The BFMTV video, entitled "Affaire DSK : la vidéo du Sofitel de New York du 14 mai dernier en exclusivité sur BFMTV" [ www.bfmtv.com ], has been posted or linked to by media and wire services around the world. This video is of the great importance because a) the charges against DSK derailed a career of immense importance to the entire world and b) the video strongly bolsters DSK's case that he was innocent -- and supports the feeling of many people, that DSK was framed for political reasons. Derailed DSK's career at a key time: The Hotel Sofitel charges cost Strauss-Kahn his post as head of the International Monetary Fund, where he had reversed neoliberal policies (ie, policies of rewarding the rich and punishing the poor and poor nations, for being poor), moving the IMF sharply to the Left -- for example, calling on nations to promote development by raising workers' wages and opposing the demand to impose draconian economic measures on Greece. Moreover, DSK had been the favorite to run for President of France on 2012 on the Socialist Party ticket, an election the polls predicted he would win by a landslide. Following the Sofitel accusations and <b>...</b>
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