大尉殿のスパイ裁判

　ロシアのためのスパイの疑いで逮捕された大尉殿、3年半の収監の判決。先に8月、コブレンツで摘発されたもの。

BBC German army officer jailed for spying for Russia　1 day ago
Matt Murphy,
Damien McGuinness

　54歳ですって。無論、懲戒免職（不名誉除隊）だろうし、今後の人生は辛そう。生涯最も愚かな判断だったと嘆くわけだが、そりゃあまあ愚かな判断である（同語反復）。

「A German military officer has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for spying for Russia.

The man, identified only as Thomas H, had been a captain in the army's procurement office when he contacted Russian embassy in Berlin and passed on secret military information.

German police arrested him in the city of Koblenz in August and accused him of sharing photographs of munitions training systems and aircraft technology.

The 54-year-old admitted to a Düsseldorf court on Monday to passing information to Russia, saying it was a "stupid idea" and that he regretted his actions.

"It is the biggest mess I have ever made in my life," he told the court.」

　なんでまたこんなことになったんだお前は―というので、だってずっとオーバーワークで判断力が鈍ってたんだよ！というのが当人の陳述の様子。

「The man claimed that chronic overwork had impaired his ability to think critically about his actions.

His lawyer said he had been influenced by a stream of pro-Russian propaganda and disinformation that he had been consuming on TikTok and Telegram at the time. He noted that his client had also joined the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.」

　弁護士が用意した、もうちょっと別な方向で泣ける―同情を取れそうな？―話としては、親ロシアプロパガンダや偽情報に曝されていたんだ、彼はTikTokやTelegramが大好きでね…という方向。あと極右政党AfDに参加してて―と。陰謀論のスリーカードと言うか、そんな感じの話ではある。