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Wed 11 Nov 2002French fury at US 'security hysteria' as steward held over sick bag notesPARIS LETTER/Lara MarloweFor the French public, the treatment of Michaël Philippe, a 26-year-old French airline steward, epitomises what is referred to here as "American security hysteria" since September 11th.Mr Philippe's father, Francois, a shopkeeper and city councillor in the alpine town of Aix-Les-Bains, recently gave a tearful interview on prime-time television, telling how his son came to be charged with "threatening to use a weapon of mass destruction against the United States" and "making false statements to the FBI".