Re: Germans Wary of Security Measures

[Florian Weimer <fw () deneb enyo de>]

> Opposition lawmakers say Schaeuble, who told a German magazine recently
> that suspected militants should be denied the presumption of innocence,

He didn't say this, he only wanted his audience to interpret it that
way.[1]

> 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.

And politicians usually know what their audience wants to here, so I
doubt there will be much debate outside a few rather obscure circles.

[1] We've got fairly elaborate rules what police and others can do to
    in case of imminent danger.  The whole thing is pretty much
    separate from the rules of due process, so the question of
    presumption of innocence does not even arise.  This is not a
    recent development, either.
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