Proceedings against Cicero editor-in-chief dropped

The investigation into Wolfram Weimer, editor-in-chief of the Ringier title Cicero, for aiding and abetting the betrayal of secrets has been dropped in exchange for a payment of 1000 euros. The case was dropped due to minor guilt, according to statements made by the chief public prosecutor in Potsdam to the news agency Dpa. The two other defendants have not yet agreed to such proceedings, reports Sda. After a Cicero author quoted from internal BKa papers in a report on the Jordanian extremist leader Abu Mussab el Sarkawi, the public prosecutor's office searched the editorial office in September on suspicion of betraying secrets. In the meantime, Cicero has lodged a complaint about the search of the editorial offices.