Submission + - Germany's Home Seretary plans new anti terror laws
An anonymous reader writes: According to Germany minister of Interior Wolfgang Schaeuble terror suspects should not be able to use the phone. Heise reports about the new plans of the controversial politician:
Schaeuble plans also to enact a law that would allow state authorities to search computers per internet connection, but many experts suspect that the Federal Police is not capable to enforce this "online searches".
In an interview with German newsweekly Der Spiegel, Germany's Home Secretary says that "conspiracy" needs to be made a crime and "dangerous parties" need to be "incarcerated" as "combatants." [...] Schäuble also says that the "intentional killing of suspects" is not a taboo strictly ruled out by the German Basic Law, but rather a "legal problem" that the Home Secretary says "still has to be looked into." The example he mentioned was the possible capture of Osama bin Laden. Schäuble is thus calling for the German government to be given more legal "leeway."[...] Germany's Home Secretary believes that these measures are necessary because Germany is "in the crossfire of Islamic terrorism"; he also remembers the time before September 11, 2001. For that reason, Schäuble says the "monitoring of communication" is "vital.
Schaeuble plans also to enact a law that would allow state authorities to search computers per internet connection, but many experts suspect that the Federal Police is not capable to enforce this "online searches".