Lets not forget this is the same talking point that has been pushed by the US government from the beginning. For some reason I expected Germany to be more honest, but clearly I'm just naive.
The document package contained a document not available to the NSA commission but to some foreign affairs commission. Only very few people have access to documents of both commissions.
The more interesting part is: this leak was completely useless. Although the documents are not for the public, they're also not rated as a secret. This means that every politician with access is allowed to tell the press about it, only publishing is not allowed. As we have a useful opposition in Germany there was nothing new in the documents...
This makes me think that the claims to pursue informants/leakers is false. It also makes me believe that the purpose of the leak was to create an alibi to conduct a procedure that looks like a prosecution to intimidate potential leakers.
Lets not forget this is the same talking point that has been pushed by the US government from the beginning. For some reason I expected Germany to be more honest, but clearly I'm just naive.