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Finnish Rosewood (Stasi and Government Secrecy) | 17 comments (17 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: (Stasi and Government Secrecy) (none / 1)

I read (offline source, alas) that German researchers had concluded that some 80% of the people named in the Rosenholz files had absolutely nothing to do with Stasi. It seemed to be more a database of "people of interest" than anything.

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde

by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Fri Aug 24th, 2007 at 08:51:52 AM EST
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Re: (Stasi and Government Secrecy) (4.00 / 2)

Which pretty much explains why SuPo and politicians would like to keep it secret. What do you collect on people of interest? What they can be used for and how they can be used, i.e. blackmailable weaknesses.

by A swedish kind of death on Fri Aug 24th, 2007 at 09:10:00 AM EST
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Re: (Stasi and Government Secrecy) (none / 1)

Oh absolutely, the arguments for keeping them sealed are generally sound (though, as in Germany, you should at the very least be allowed to find out what information the Stasi had on you).
If things had been handled a bit more smoothly and a bit more openly, it wouldn't have been much of a story at all.

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror" - Oscar Wilde

by NordicStorm (michael<-at->sturmbaum.net) on Fri Aug 24th, 2007 at 09:21:50 AM EST
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