Agent Lehmann Censorship
am 09.12.2006 von http://www.recht.us/amlaw
CK - Washington. German law protects the privacy of not so famous persons by limiting the publication of names and pictures in the media. The famous enjoy protection in intimate matters. As a result, the press covers many events involving the not-so-famous by using initials instead of full names. For similar reasons, many media, including blogs, redact names of parties, lawyers, witnesses and judges out of opinions published by courts despite the fact that the proceedings are public and opinons are released Im Namen des Volkes, i.e. in the name of the people.
A recent step into the direction of censorship involves publisher Verlag 8. Mai GmbH, its newspaper Junge Welt and a counter-terrorism agent known variously as Gerhard L. and Lehmann. The latter has become famous because of parliamentary investigations, TV appearances, a book and media reports.
On December 7, 2006, the Berlin district court held hearings on two matters, docket numbers 27.0.1139/06 and 27.0.722/06. They concerned the issue whether or not the paper had incorrectly reported that Gerhard L. had been identified, with a certainty of 90 percent, as secret agent Sam who reportedly interviewed German-Lebanse dual citizen Khaled el Masri at a secret prison, Salt Pit, in Afghanistan.
Gerhard L., identified in reports as a First Criminal Chief Commissioner, 1. KHK, at the Federal Criminal Agency, Bundeskriminalamt, with the last name of Lehmann, is said to have asked the court and the press to report his assertion that he is not Sam. According to Junge Welt, the court …
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