Day X, Part 2: In the Stomach
Day X
The New York Times
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🗓️ 3 June 2021
⏱️ 37 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You mentioned Franco A, yes, Franco A. |
| 0:07.6 | I was informed by the Federal Criminal Police Office. |
| 0:15.1 | They had found a diary of Franco A, |
| 0:18.0 | a former Bundeswehr officer. |
| 0:23.6 | And there was a list of names, including the foreign minister, some intellectual, some human rights activists, and my name, Claudia Roth. |
| 0:40.3 | And this was so-called enemy list to be killed, enemies to be killed. |
| 0:47.3 | Really, he's a soldier in the Bundeswehr and he posed as a Syrian. |
| 0:59.0 | He posed as a Syrian to make refugees responsible. |
| 1:05.0 | So that was the idea. They would kill people, enemies, but then they would blame refugees to be the perpetrators. |
| 1:13.6 | The people, The case against Franco A is remarkable for many reasons. |
| 1:40.4 | Not only that, as far as anyone I've talked to can remember, |
| 1:50.7 | he's the first active duty soldier to stand trial for plotting terrorism since World War II. |
| 1:57.9 | Or that his arrest opened the door to a country-wide network of people planning for day X. |
| 2:03.6 | Or even that he had lived a double life as a Syrian refugee. |
| 2:11.6 | What's most remarkable is that the German authorities had been utterly blind to him. |
| 2:20.3 | It took a maintenance man, stumbling upon a gun in an airport bathroom to uncover it all. It was just chance. |
| 2:23.3 | Back when I first started reporting on this case, |
| 2:36.1 | I called one of Franco A's lawyers to ask if Franco would talk. |
| 2:41.2 | The lawyer was doubtful, but said he'd pass along the message. |
| 2:45.9 | I also called the prosecution. |
| 2:48.7 | They wouldn't talk on the record, |
| 2:52.9 | but in their indictment, they're making the case that Franco A has a far-right mindset. They quote from voice memos found on Franco's phone, |
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