REPORT SHOWS GERMAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE SPIED ON JOURNALISTS 2 BERLIN

AND ESPECIALLY NOT THAT I WOULD BE INVOLVED."
OTHERS CAUGHT UP IN THE WEB OF INTRIGUE INCLUDED REPORTERS FOR THE
NEWS MAGAZINES FOCUS AND DER SPIEGEL.
SCHAEFER WAS ASKED TO DRAW UP HIS REPORT WHEN IT CAME
TO LIGHT THAT DURING THE MID-1990S BND AGENTS HAD BEEN OBSERVING
AUTHOR ERIC SCHMIDT-EENBOOM, WHO HAD WRITTEN A BOOK CRITICAL OF THE
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.
SUEDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG SAID ONE JOURNALIST RECRUITED BY THE BND WAS
PAID THE SUM OF 600,000 GERMAN MARKS (375,000 DOLLARS) FOR SPYING
ON HIS COLLEAGUES OVER A 16-YEAR PERIOD.
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