Abuse, misuse, or tricky ?

I found this from Associated Press:

BlackBerry handhelds have been called addictive, invasive, wonderful — and now, a threat to French state secrets. That, at least, is the fear of French government defense experts, who have advised against their use by officials in France's corridors of power, reportedly to avoid snooping by U.S. intelligence agencies.

Wauw... it's that so serious ? It seems not only us that feeling fear and threatened by new tech.