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| German spy leaks website being investigated | German spy leaks website being investigated |
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| Germany's federal prosecutors are investigating whether a website has committed treason. | Germany's federal prosecutors are investigating whether a website has committed treason. |
| Netzpolitik.org reported on plans to expand the country's domestic surveillance of online communications earlier in the year. | |
| The site says it has received a letter from prosecutors announcing the probe against two of its journalists as well as an unidentified source. | |
| The stories were published in February and April. | The stories were published in February and April. |
| The February article alleged Germany's domestic intelligence agency wanted additional funds to increase its online surveillance programmes. | |
| The April follow-up was about the spy agency's efforts to set up a special unit to monitor social networking websites. | |
| An earlier report suggested the pair of journalists had already been charged with treason, but it has since emerged that they are in fact being investigated. | |
| In Germany the maximum punishment for treason is 15 years in prison unless a judge decides to override that with a harsher sentence. |