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Still in jail were Publisher Rudolf Augstein and the top editors of his brash newsmagazine, which had angered the government by its incessant criticism and allegedly had broken the law by its publication of "secret" details of the strength of the West German army (TIME. Nov. 9). Still scouring Der Spiegel's Hamburg headquarters for evidence were the squads of police that last month had pounced on the staff in a series of midnight raids...
Reversing the Rule. The noisiest, angriest Bundestag session in years greeted Adenauer as he rose to state the government's case. The opposition shouts of "Gestapo!" and ''Neofascist!" only made the old man angrier. "Who is this Herr Augstein, anyway?" cried der Alte. "He makes money out of committing treason and I think that is indecent...
...night of Friday, October 26, security police sealed and began to search the offices of the news magazine Der Spiegel in Hamburg and Bonn. The magazine's editor-and-chief Rudolf Augstein and several Der Spiegel executives were arrested and jailed. Simultaneously, Spanish police arrested Conrad Ahlers, one of the magazine's assistant editors, in Madrid. These arrests aroused immediate public outcry against the Gestapo-like violation of freedom of the press...
Ironically, it did not snare Augstein-although his home was combed and all suspect material, including an unpublished theme that Augstein had written as a student, was impounded. When Augstein learned of the raids, he delivered himself into police custody, with impressive insouciance: his liveried chauffeur, toting a well-stocked overnight bag, followed him through the station door...
Imperious Execution. Friends of Publisher Augstein promptly accused Strauss of an act of vengeance. But such motivation was not at all certain. Although Strauss probably knew of the raids, and did nothing to stop them, their imperious execution was strictly the work of Prosecutor Wesgram. At week's end, Augstein was still behind bars, where he can legally be held without bail until his trial, which may be months away. But from his cell, Augstein blithely sent out orders to boost Der Spiegel's press run from the usual 500,000 to 850,000. The magazine also filed...