German Intelligence Official Resigns Over Neo-Nazi Inquiry
Source: New York Times
German Intelligence Official Resigns Over Neo-Nazi Inquiry
By MELISSA EDDY
Published: July 2, 2012
BERLIN — The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency resigned on Monday under a shower of criticism over his office’s handling of an investigation into a neo-Nazi terrorist cell that evaded the authorities for years, killing at least 10 people, most of them immigrant businessmen.
Heinz Fromm, 63, was granted early retirement from his post as president of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. Days before, it emerged that an official in his office had shredded documents containing potential evidence from paid informers about members of the cell, known as the National Socialist Underground.
“This has led to grave loss of confidence in and seriously damaged the reputation of my office,” Mr. Fromm told Der Spiegel. He is to retire at the end of the month, after 12 years as the agency’s president.
The neo-Nazi cell came to light in early November through a series of events that ended in a botched robbery that led the police to two suspected cell members. Within days, the police had cracked the country’s longest series of unsolved murders and had revealed the existence of a cell that they believe was responsible for the murders of nine immigrant small-business owners, eight Turkish and one Greek, from 2000 to 2007.
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thanks for the empathy, i think
heaven05
At least the sentiment was to have empathy for your problems ... But then again I am not living in the sesspool, so it might be difficult for me to understand how things really are I guess
Diclotican
