Germans Wary of Security Measures

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

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- From the "No Duh" Dept.

Via The LA Times.

[snip]

Depending upon one's political persuasion or level of anxiety, German
Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is either a dogged defender against
terrorism or a man out to strip away civil liberties by hacking into
computers and bank accounts in pursuit of militants.

Since Sept. 11, 2001, governments around the world have confronted the
balance between individual rights and national security, but that dilemma
is particularly sensitive in this nation, where spying during the Nazi era
and the Cold War left bitter memories of state interference.

Opposition lawmakers say Schaeuble, who told a German magazine recently
that suspected militants should be denied the presumption of innocence, is
exploiting Germans' fear of terrorism to expand the powers of police and
intelligence services. Some officials here view the debate as similar to
the one in the U.S. over constitutional questions raised by the Patriot
Act.

[snip]

More:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-terrorlaws9may09,1,6609
223.story

- - ferg

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