Richard Perle "helps hawk" Autonomy software

The Guardian newspaper said that Perle is a director of Autonomy which uses cunning artificial intelligence algorithms in software it sells.

And so far, said the report, MI6 and GCHQ, the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies have bought Autonomy software to aid them bug computer conversations.

The Guardian claims that Mr Perle is pushing the line linking Iraq to Al-Qaeda. At a recent press conference in the USA, George W. Bush said no such links existed.

The newspaper adds that Autonomy garners nearly a third of its sales from spook organisations, and quotes CEO Mike Lynch as saying that war sold more software.

Mr Perle is also attempting to sue a US journalist who works for the New Yorker, for libel, here in London. The newspaper alleges that the case will be heard here in the UK because our libel laws favour plaintiffs more than defendants. µ

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