Cicero files suit against search operation
The German Ringier magazine *Cicero* is protesting the search of its editorial offices last September.
The German Ringier magazine Cicero fights back.
against the search of the editorial office last September. The
Political magazine files suit with the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe. "We
will examine whether the scandalous encroachment on the freedom of the press
was legal. This is an exemplary case for securing
protection of sources and informants in German journalism," explained
Editor-in-chief Wolfram Weimer told SDA. The public prosecutor's office
had the editors on suspicion of betraying a secret
searched after a report on the Jordanian
extremist leader Abu Mussab el Sarkawi from internal sources in the
Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) was quoted as saying. The search operation was
was already approved by the Bundestag's Committee on Internal Affairs in October last year.
criticized as "disproportionate".
against the search of the editorial office last September. The
Political magazine files suit with the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe. "We
will examine whether the scandalous encroachment on the freedom of the press
was legal. This is an exemplary case for securing
protection of sources and informants in German journalism," explained
Editor-in-chief Wolfram Weimer told SDA. The public prosecutor's office
had the editors on suspicion of betraying a secret
searched after a report on the Jordanian
extremist leader Abu Mussab el Sarkawi from internal sources in the
Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) was quoted as saying. The search operation was
was already approved by the Bundestag's Committee on Internal Affairs in October last year.
criticized as "disproportionate".
