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Arms Lobbyist Deported: Figure in CDU Party Donations Scandal Returns to Germany - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Canadian officials have deported former German industry lobbyist Karlheinz Schreiber, who sought to evade prosecutors in Germany for a decade. He was at the center of one of Germany's biggest postwar political scandals and will likely face trial on multiple charges.

The plane from Toronto arrived in Munich at 9:22 a.m. on Monday. Two police vans and three unmarked vehicles awaited the arrival. Their quarry: Karlheinz Schreiber, the infamous 75-year-old former arms lobbyist with dual Canadian-German citizenship, who had been at the center of Germany's biggest postwar political scandal.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Aug 3rd, 2009 at 01:36:55 PM EST
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Aint' it funny. But now I will watch the German MSM, if they give the same coverage to this than to that storm in a bathtub regarding an SPD minister's usage of her official car.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Tue Aug 4th, 2009 at 01:58:09 AM EST
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Also note: Merkel the Machiavellian tactician rose to the top within his party thanks to scoring in public opinion with being first to show public outrage and cut with Helmut Kohl when the party finance scandal involving Schreiber surfaced. So, how she and the CDU will relate to this, will be interesting too.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Tue Aug 4th, 2009 at 02:00:33 AM EST
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