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5 German Undercover agents sent to Scotland G8

j | 19.02.2011 18:43 | Climate Chaos | Repression

this now came out as a result of discussions of the Mark Kennedy case in the German Parliament

5 German Undercover agents sent to Scotland G8
From German der Spiegel magazine:
 http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,746481,00.html

Bad English googletranslation:

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j

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German police officers work undercover abroad

19.02.2011 21:18

The German police force has admitted sending undercover officers to other countries, including Scotland, during a parliamentary hearing into the controversial deployment of an undercover British policeman in Germany.

Der Spiegel reported on Saturday that MPs sitting in a confidential meeting of a parliamentary interior affairs committee were told at the end of last month that undercover German police officers were routinely sent abroad to infiltrate suspect groups.

The hearing was prompted by the revelation that British undercover police officer Mark Kennedy had been working in Germany, as well as in other countries, infiltrating environmental and leftist protest groups.

The story caused a scandal as it emerged that he had been undercover for years, posing as an activist called Mark Stone, becoming heavily involved in protests and even pursuing several sexual relationships.

Jörg Zierke, head of Germany's federal criminal police, told the committee that five undercover German police officers had been sent to the protests at the 2005 G8 meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland.

There they had been under the command of the British National Public Order Intelligence Unit, said Zierke.

Different forces helped each other “accompanying the scene in the relevant countries,” Zierke was quoted as saying in meeting notes which were marked "for official use only."

Those being watched would include what he called “Euro anarchists, militant left-extremists and terrorists.”

One could only take on organised and conspiratorial international networks when one worked “as internationally and conspiratorially” as they did, he said.

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- Homepage: http://www.thelocal.de/national/20110219-33211.html


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Guardian Article - 'Kennedy committed arson in Berlin'

21.02.2011 09:56

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/20/germany-undercover-police-g8-protests

"Both the Guardian and Spiegel have already reported that Ziercke told German MPs that the agent committed at least two crimes, but the cases against him were dropped at the behest of German authorities who knew Kennedy's true identity.

Kennedy first broke the law during protests at Heiligendamm. He later committed arson during a demonstration in Berlin at which he set fire to containers, Der Spiegel said. The newspaper said Kennedy's involvement in criminal activity raised concerns that he was working as an agent provocateur and not just an observer - and the fact that investigations into both crimes were shelved suggested police authorities wielded an unacceptable influence over the country's judicial process."

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thats what you get when reading the guardian

22.02.2011 22:47

Hand wringing, cappunicino slurping guardian readers will always fall for this bollox.
Hand over my money - i want to read your bullshit.

dont fall for it