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The Bavarian Police searched the house of the German Pirate Party spokesman on the 11 September 2008, searching for information on some leaked plans regarding a Skype wire tap project, that were published by the Party.

The Pirate Party published some documents received from an anonymous whistleblower that show the Bavarian government plans to develop a Trojan horse able to eavesdrop on Skype conversations. Police wanted to find out the source of that information and they searched the house of the spokesman and took away a server, but this was fully encrypted, so there are little chances to discover the source.

The search seems to be related to the two documents leaked on January 2008 that were present on the Internet and then posted on Wikileaks website. The first document is a communication by the Bavarian Ministry of Justice to the prosecutors' office, relating to cost distribution for the interception licenses between the police and the prosecution. The second document allegedly presents the offer made by Digitask, the German company developing the technology, holding information on pricing and the license model, high-level technology descriptions and other details.

The recent action by the police has little chances to find the whistleblower, but confirm the authenticity of the documents. "A brave person leaks documents to the Pirate Party, to inform the public about a procedure of the Bavarian Government, which is highly likely to violate the constitution. Now this persons is hunted like a criminal. Private rooms are raided, servers get seized." stated Andreas Popp, the Chairman of the Bavarian Pirate Party.

German cyberplods raid Pirate Party on Skype Trojan mole hunt (18.09.2008)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/18/german_police_raid_pirate_part...

Pirate Party Official Raided after Uncovering State Trojan (17.09.2008)
http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-party-official-raided-after-uncovering-...

Chairman of the Koln Pirate Party condemned house search (only in German, 18.09.2008)
http://pressemitteilung.ws/node/136096

Skype and SSL interception letters (24.01.2008)
http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Skype_and_SSL_Interception_letters_-_Bavaria...