Germany Won't Prosecute NSA, But Bloggers

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 30, 2015 @07:02PM from the who's-to-blame dept.

tmk writes: Despite plenty of evidence that the U.S. spied on German top government officials, German Federal Prosecutor General Harald Range has declined to investigate any wrongdoings of the secret services of allied nations like the NSA or the British GCHQ. But after plans of the German secret service "Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz" to gain some cyper spy capabilities like the NSA were revealed by the blog netzpolitik.org, Hange started an official investigation against the bloggers and their sources. They are now being probed for possible treason charges.

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Ever heard of the Stasi prosecuting KGB? by Taco+Cowboy · 2015-07-30 19:10 · Score: 5, Insightful

The Stasi could never gather enough guts to prosecute the KGB, what makes you think the current government of Germany - essentially a lapdog for Uncle Sam - would prosecute NSA?

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