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Sunday, March 16, 2025

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Netzpolitik Treason Case Dropped by Germany’s Chief Federal Prosecutor

The German chief federal prosecutor has dropped the treason investigation into Netzpolitik journalists suspected of revealing state secrets.

The Netzpolitik website case sparked a huge political row about freedom of speech. Last week the Justice Minister, Heiko Maas, sacked chief prosecutor Harald Range.

Public rallies had backed Netzpolitik.

The chief prosecutor’s office said it now accepted the justice ministry’s assessment that Netzpolitik did not leak state secrets.

However, German media said investigations against unnamed state officials bound to secrecy were continuing in connection with a suspected breach of confidentiality.Netzpolitik treason case Markus Beckedahl and Andre Meister

In February, Netzpolitik alleged that Germany’s domestic intelligence agency wanted additional funds to increase its online surveillance program.

A later article in April investigated the spy agency’s plans to set up a special unit to monitor social networking websites.

In the high-profile case, Netzpolitik founder Markus Beckedahl and blogger Andre Meister were accused of treason.

The decision to drop the investigation had been “long overdue”, Markus Beckedahl said on August 10, but added that “this doesn’t go far enough for us”.

“We want to know concretely whether, as part of the almost three-month-long investigation, we were victims of surveillance. And we want clarity about who knew what, and when, in the German government,” German media quoted him as saying.

Markus Beckedahl called the investigation into his website “a judicial misjudgement”.

“We hope that the intimidation attempt against us and all other journalists who cover surveillance activities… has collapsed big-time,” he said.

Many Germans were outraged by the scale of US National Security Agency (NSA) eavesdropping exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden, who is now a fugitive in Moscow.

Data protection is always a hot topic in Germany, because of the abuses inflicted by the Nazi dictatorship and the former communist regime in East Germany.

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Diane A. Wade
Diane A. Wade
Diane is a perfectionist. She enjoys searching the internet for the hottest events from around the world and writing an article about it. The details matter to her, so she makes sure the information is easy to read and understand. She likes traveling and history, especially ancient history. Being a very sociable person she has a blast having barbeque with family and friends.
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