Germany: Former SPD Interior Minister Otto Schily defends mass surveillance
Former Social Democratic Party (SPD) Interior Minister Otto Schily intervened this week in the debate surrounding the Snowden affair. In an interview with news magazine Der Spiegel, he expressly defends the mass surveillance and storage of Internet data, and attacks those critical of this practice as being paranoid. In the interview, Schily’s extremely aggressive approach makes clear what can be expected from an SPD-Green Party coalition, should this emerge from September’s general elections. “Law and order are social democratic values”, he said.
Der Spiegel: Ex-Innenminister: Schily nennt Furcht vor Überwachungsstaat paranoid