[pepsionice]

Based on what I know about the BND...they don't lie. They are career workers who can't be fired and the political parties in charge have very little sway over them. They tend to be ultra-professional and indepth on subjects they talk about. If they said that there was an extreme threat...they weren't cooking the books. And based on the purchase involved...the government didn't think so either.

If anyone lied here, and exaggerated...then bring them up immedately in the Bundestag and let them answer why they lied to the government. If someone authorized massive purchases of vaccine which weren't necessary, then they need jail time. I suspect that no one is going to stand up and admit they lied. And then.....Herr Schroeder will have to sweat a bit in front of the cameras again.

So, Herr Schroeder, what did you know and when did you know it?

[americanbychoice]

What galls me is that, even today, Schroeder and Fischer keep saying "We don't believe......."
There is no credibility.

[longjack]

Your comment: Herr Schroeder, what did you know and when did you know it?

That was the the title I wanted to use for my post that translated the FAZ article. I decided against it at the last minute.

Also: Germany's top security official, Interior Minister Otto Schily

Isn't Schily a renowned defense attorney? I think he helped defend Baader-Meinhof and the RAF in the Hans-Martin Schleyer murder. Supposedly he was a close friend of Rudi Dutschke and Horst(?) Mahler of the APO (Ausser Parlamentarische Opposition), radical leftists in the late 60's.

The government is fraught with recycled 60's characters.

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