German satellite boss sacked after WikiLeaks revelation | Deutsche Welle
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,14772691,00.html
WikiLeaks documents published by a Norwegian newspaper have caused a German satellite company CEO his job. Berry Smutny reportedly called a major European project his company is involved in a ’stupid idea.’
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The evil empire stealing technology - #Wikileaks - Aftenposten.no
http://www.aftenposten.no/spesial/wikileaksdokumenter/article3972436.ece
Smutny said his primary reason for leaving Tesat-SpaceCom was that he was sick of developing world class German-origin satellite technology only to have the “Frenchies” swoop in via their influence in EADS and siphon German intellectual property. Smutny frankly said “France is the evil empire stealing technology and Germany knows this”, but Germany´s decentralized government is not willing to do much about it. Going on at length of his despise of the French, Smutny said French IPR espionage is so bad that the total damage done to the German economy is greater the that inflicted by China or Russia.
#Germany planning secret #satellite recon ? | WikiLeaked
http://wikileaks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/01/03/germany_planning_secret_satellite_recon
Since the cable’s release, the German Aerospace Center has denied that HiROS is a “spy satellite, nor a secret project” and suggested that it would instead be used for “crisis management during natural catastrophes and for scientific uses.” But that wasn’t the impression U.S. officials got after the 2009 meeting:
The BND stressed that having their own national space-based reconnaissance assets will enable them to be a better partner with the USG by bringing more unique value to the table. The BND indicated that they are anxious to precede with additional high value substantive joint projects with the USG and hope that through a closer imagery exchange relationship, Germany could fill some of their collection gaps by gaining access to US imagery covering Iran, North Korea, China, and the Haqqani Network in the AFPAK region. Also of note, the BND also wants to work with the USG on GEOINT issues of mutual interest in Africa.
Germany Denies It Plans Secret Spy Project With US
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