German Authorities Are Pushing Treason Charges Against Netzpolitik For Publishing Surveillance Plans
Found on Techdirt on Friday, 31 July 2015
Netzpolitik had just published stories concerning plans to expand German bulk surveillance efforts to internet users, as well as plans by the German Secret Service to expand its internet surveillance capabilities.
Netzpolitik has received a letter from the German government telling it that Netzpolitik staffers are being investigated for treason.
Thousands of documents showing that the NSA and GHCQ lied and spied on politicians and industry: not enough proof to even start an investigation. A few pages about planned surveillance appear on a critical blog: enough proof for possible treason. Makes perfect sense.