Security policy

Comment: The Federal Trojan is lame

After the re-introduction of data retention, there is also a new edition of the Online Monitoring. For more security, all other measures would be necessary, says Marcel Fürstenau.

The state should ensure the safety of its citizens. Among other things, police and intelligence services available to him. How well do their work, there are various ways to measure and assess. Reasonably lens through crime statistics and crime clearance rates. Subjectively, through our own experiences, experiences of other persons or media reports. The bandwidth varies between factual, exaggerated, and scandal authoritative.

Violence against property and persons is a highly emotional topic. The more important it is to a responsible, credible and proportionate deal. But there is a lack of more and more. The mass sexual Assaults on women in the new year’s eve shook the confidence in the police and politics. Was compounded this impression by the scandalous attempt to hide the foreign origin of most of the suspects. Another example is the apparent inability of the state, the systematic arson attacks on refugee accommodation only curb.

The Federal Trojan will turn out as a lame horse

Years of warnings, to save on the cost of safety, were ignored. Instead of in the staff is investing in technology. For what it is worth, shows again and again: little to nothing. Images of video cameras are perhaps sometimes to law enforcement. The previous crimes are not prevented. Prevention always works best with people. With police officers on the street and not in front of a screen sitting. The intervention can, before it is too late.

DW-capital correspondent Marcel Fürstenau

“This is exactly why we need the
The Federal Trojan!”, advocates of the controversial Online say Monitoring. Recently, the Federal criminal police office (BKA) is once again in the location, with a sophisticated Software, secretly in every Internet-enabled computer to infiltrate and eavesdrop on its users. To target suspected terrorists and severely be called criminals of all Stripes. Such unquestionably dangerous time, a lot of have hide have enjoyed. Prosecutors attest to them regularly the highest standards of professionalism. You are to protect know against state attacks. The Federal Trojan will turn out as a lame horse. Add to that
legal and technical concerns.

The state sledgehammer to crack a nut

The government often relies on the wrong horse. The suspicion independent data retention had long since been ridden to death. The Federal constitutional court and the European court of justice had given to this costly, ineffective law with the deserved coup de grace. Nevertheless, reanimated Union and the social Democrats, this security policy Placebo under the impression of terrorist attacks in other countries. In France, they were not prevented despite the retention of data. Particularly bitter, such a tragic miss to taste the result, then, when it turns out that the alleged perpetrators were in the sights of the authorities.

The state and the policy to know exactly how effective your Arsenal in the fight as much as possible is security. Nevertheless, they often resort to blunt weapons, because they are supposedly cheaper and determination to believe. In fact, shooting with cannons on sparrows. Alas, it happens also in Germany, a devastating terrorist attack! What guns are supposed to be driving? The now again brought Federal Trojan is symptomatic for the German security policy. It has deviated time and again.

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