Editorial office of Ringier magazine Cicero searched
The Potsdam District Attorney's Office suspects a breach of confidentiality.
Last Monday, the
editorial offices of the Ringier magazine Cicero and the apartment of a
Cicero authors on suspicion of betrayal of secrets by the
Potsdam public prosecutor's office searched, according to the German press
reported. The reason for the search was an article about the
terrorist Abu Mussab Al Zarqawi. The report published in April
is said to have quoted from secret papers of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA).
Editor-in-chief Wolfram Weimer and Cicero author Bruno Schirra have so far been
was not questioned by the public prosecutor's office, according to an article in the Tagesspiegel. German publishers' and
Journalists' associations criticized the search operation as an interference in
freedom of the press. The public prosecutor's office was on Monday according to
Netzeitung could not be reached for comment.
editorial offices of the Ringier magazine Cicero and the apartment of a
Cicero authors on suspicion of betrayal of secrets by the
Potsdam public prosecutor's office searched, according to the German press
reported. The reason for the search was an article about the
terrorist Abu Mussab Al Zarqawi. The report published in April
is said to have quoted from secret papers of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA).
Editor-in-chief Wolfram Weimer and Cicero author Bruno Schirra have so far been
was not questioned by the public prosecutor's office, according to an article in the Tagesspiegel. German publishers' and
Journalists' associations criticized the search operation as an interference in
freedom of the press. The public prosecutor's office was on Monday according to
Netzeitung could not be reached for comment.
