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Germany: Lawyer surveilled

01 January 1997

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The lawyer and author of critical books on the police and secret service, Rolf Goessner, has been classified as a "left extremist" and put under surveillance by the German Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Verfassungsschutz)(see Statewatch, vol 6 no 2). Presently, Goessner is working as a legal advisor to the Green Party in Lower Saxony. The Verfassungsschutz has accused the lawyer of cooperation with extreme left groups. Among the activities the office found highly suspicious was a joint event with the Association of Victims of the Nazi Regime where Goessner presented one of his books. The Federal Officer for Data Protection is now investigating the procedures of the Verfassungsschutz. Der

Spiegel, 30.12.1996.

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