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Thursday, July 23, 2015

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German Authorities Investigate Surveillance Leaks


Constitutional office security person with patch in front of Cologne officeThe German domestic security service has urged the Federal Public Prosecutor to considercharges of treason as a result of two articles posted earlier this year by Netzpolitik.org, one of Germany’s most influential digital rights blogs. The articles reported on leaked documents regarding the German government’s mass surveillance plans. The German criminal code considers the leaking of state secrets to a foreign power, or to anyone else with the intention of damaging the Republic to be treason: the crime can be punished with up to five year's imprisonment.

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