[privacy] German Prosecutors Eavesdrop on Media

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via UPI.

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German prosecutors have tapped in on conversations between a lawyer and
journalists in the case of CIA extraordinary rendition victim Khaled
al-Masri.

According to the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper and Stern news magazine,
prosecutors from Munich eavesdropped on talks between Masri's lawyer,
Manfred Gnjidic, and reporters from the German weekly magazine Stern and
German public broadcaster ZDF. They considered five calls and one text
message relevant to the investigation, and argued the move was aimed at
finding the kidnappers of Masri, as they could have tried to contact him.

But Gnjidic, journalists and opposition politicians are furious about the
eavesdropping on the lawyer, calling the move unconstitutional and a threat
to civil liberties.

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More:
http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20061206-1142
30-6703r

- - ferg

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