Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his wife Britta Ernst are said to have disposed of confidential documents in their household trash. According to a media report, neighbors found an internal document on the G7 summit, for example.
Neighbors of Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his wife Britta Ernst, Brandenburg’s Education Minister (both SPD), have discovered confidential government documents in their household garbage. Der Spiegel” reports.
According to the report, printouts from the diary, e-mail correspondence, draft speeches or overviews for a potential dress selection by Ernst were found. Shortly after the G7 summit in Elmau Castle in Bavaria, a document with photos and “short profiles of the partners” of the heads of state and government was also found.
Although the information was essentially also known to the public, the Foreign Office had classified the paper as “classified information – for official use only”. And strict rules apply to that.
“Classified matter – for official use only” – strict rules actually apply to this
“Classified information ‘VS – for official use only’ may be taken outside the official building or a property only on business trips and to official meetings, insofar as this is necessary for official business and they are adequately secured against unauthorized knowledge and unauthorized access,” “Spiegel” quotes from the federal government’s administrative regulation on the so-called “material protection of secrets.”
It goes on to say that such classified information must be destroyed in such a way “that the contents are neither recognizable nor can be made recognizable.” In response to a question from Der Spiegel, Scholz and Ernst have not yet commented on the matter.
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Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his wife Britta Ernst are said to have disposed of confidential documents in their household trash. According to a media report, neighbors found an internal document on the G7 summit, for example.
Neighbors of Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his wife Britta Ernst, Brandenburg’s Education Minister (both SPD), have discovered confidential government documents in their household garbage. Der Spiegel” reports.
According to the report, printouts from the diary, e-mail correspondence, draft speeches or overviews for a potential dress selection by Ernst were found. Shortly after the G7 summit in Elmau Castle in Bavaria, a document with photos and “short profiles of the partners” of the heads of state and government was also found.
Although the information was essentially also known to the public, the Foreign Office had classified the paper as “classified information – for official use only”. And strict rules apply to that.
“Classified matter – for official use only” – strict rules actually apply to this
“Classified information ‘VS – for official use only’ may be taken outside the official building or a property only on business trips and to official meetings, insofar as this is necessary for official business and they are adequately secured against unauthorized knowledge and unauthorized access,” “Spiegel” quotes from the federal government’s administrative regulation on the so-called “material protection of secrets.”
It goes on to say that such classified information must be destroyed in such a way “that the contents are neither recognizable nor can be made recognizable.” In response to a question from Der Spiegel, Scholz and Ernst have not yet commented on the matter.
Did he learn this from the former USA president?