Some more context: The attorney general Harald Range repeatedly refused to perform in-depth investigations against US spying on german politicians and institut

Some more context: The attorney general Harald Range repeatedly refused to perform in-depth investigations against US spying on german politicians and institutions (e.g. [1]), but instead he is now targeting those journalists that were critical of those US actions. [1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/12/germany_drops_investigation_into_nsa_hacking_merkels_phone/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/06/12/germany_drops_invest...