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...chaotic neglect in West Germany's civil defense organization, and argued that the country's NATO troops were in a dismal state of unpreparedness. Practically all Der Spiegel's evidence was classified "top secret," a fact duly noted by West German Acting Federal Prosecutor Dr. Gerhard Wesgram in Karlsruhe...
...Wesgram was required to investigate, and he did. When NATO headquarters in Paris reported that Der Spiegel had indeed divulged secrets, Prosecutor Wesgram drafted arrest orders charging Augstein and other Spiegel staffers with "suspicion of treason," "treasonous falsifications," and "active subornation," or bribery. Then Wesgram spread his dragnet...
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...
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