German authorities are using scent tracking to keep tabs on possibly violent protesters against next month's Group of Eight summit — a tactic that is drawing comparisons with the methods of former East Germany's secret police.They aren't "protestors;" they are rioters and arguably traitors.
| They call themselves 'anarchists' but I think we're in violent agreement. |
I don't see the need for dogs. Mere humans can pick up their smell for miles.
The use of scent samples was widely known to be practiced in Germany by the East German secret police, the Stasi, who used the technique to track dissidents. Petra Pau, a senior lawmaker with the opposition Left Party, a group that includes "ex-"communists, criticized the practice as "another step away from a democratic state of law toward a preventive security state."
Like the one she used to work for.
"A state that adopts the methods of the East German Stasi, robs itself of every ... legitimacy," she said in a statement.
So, that includes Cuba?
| That different. She'd explain it to you but it would require multiple polysyallabic words ... |
Earlier this month, police raided 40 offices and apartments used by left-wing protesters in Berlin, Hamburg and elsewhere, which provoked protests. Prosecutors at the time said they were investigating more than 18 people suspected of organizing what they called a terrorist group that planned to carry out firebombings and other
Andreas Blechschmidt, whose Rote Flora - or Red Flora - protest organization's building in Hamburg was among those raided, vowed Tuesday not to be deterred. "The countrywide raids from early May served only to intimidate," he said. Police in Berlin are also investigating about a dozen car burnings over the past two weeks. The daily Tageszeitung newspaper said Tuesday it received a letter from the leftist group "mg" - standing literally for "militant group" - claiming responsibility as retaliation for the raids.
Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has also said that anti-globalization activists deemed to be "potentially violent" may be detained for up to two weeks during the summit in so-called "preventative detention."
A $17 million fence has been built around Heiligendamm in an attempt to keep protesters away. Security officials also have also announced tighter border controls.
When they're done, can we have the fence? I know where it would come in handy.