MORE ON THE LOOTING of the Hebrew archives in the French National Library:

Probe into Hebrew documents scandal widens (via Bible and Interpretation News)
By Haaretz Staff

The investigation into allegations that the head of the French National Library's Hebrew-language archives, Michel Garel, destroyed and stole books and documents for which he was responsible, has astounded the French public and media. Now, however, the investigation has revealed even more astounding facts, according to a report yesterday in the French-language daily, Liberation: Some 25 manuscripts (five in Hebrew) and 121 other documents have been stolen from the library in recent years, making the theft the most extensive in the history of the institution.

According to sources at the library, "Garel did not carry out the theft alone." A source close to the investigation added: "Garel is most definitely not the only thief at the National Library, and he is not accused of all the thefts."

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