Thousands of Ex-Stasi Still Work for German Civil Service

Thousands of Ex-Stasi Still Work for German Civil Service Tens of thousands of former Stasi employees are still working for the German civil service, a respected newspaper has revealed. Experts say that background checks on civil servants were often cursory, while civil rights activists are calling for the ex-secret police to be dismissed. http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,635230,00.html#ref=nlint