Friday, April 27

Stasi’s list …classified

Once upon a time there was a secret police that had spies …just everywhere and obviously including Finland otherwise there is no explanation why Helsinki’s district court ruled on Wednesday 25th of April 2007, that the Stasi lists would remain classified as secret documents.

I’m not sure how the Finns feel about it that it makes me wander. How many names are included in these lists and most of all what positions and how important were or even worst are these people who are included in these lists?

You see Finland has already a rich past with spying cases and courts; from the other side Stasi was a secret service that made even KGB look like an innocent sheep, they were definitely the bad wolf of the cold war era. So it is natural when you rule something as ‘classified secret documents’ to raise more questions. Furthermore to leave alive suspicions for people who cannot prove their innocent like the case of Mr. Alpo Rusi as Stasi’s and KGB’s contacts during the cold war.

Mr. Rusi has already been victimized when he was under investigation from the Finnish Security Police suspecting him for spying for the former German Democratic Republic. That there were no charges brought against Mr. Rusi is natural that doesn’t make him feel very comfortable and it is his right to protect his reputation.

Actually it is the state’s responsibility, especially in a democracy to protect his reputation, everybody is innocent till proven guilty and by leaving something not clear covering it with ‘classified secret documents’ doesn’t help much … on the contrary!


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