You mentioned Francois, yes, Francois, I was informed by the Federal Criminal Police Office.

They had found the diary of Francois, Francois former Bundeswehr officer and there was a list

of names, including the Foreign Minister, some intellectual, some human rights activists

and my name, Claudia Roth. And this was so-called animalist to be killed, enemies to be killed.

Really he's a soldier in the Bundeswehr and he posed as a Syrian. He posed as a Syrian to make

refugees responsible. So that was the idea. They would kill people, enemies, but then they would

blame refugees to be the perpetrators.

The case against Francois is remarkable for many reasons. Not only that, as far as anyone I've

talked to can remember, he's the first active duty soldier to stand trial for plotting terrorism

since World War II. Or that he's a rest open the door to a country-white network of people

planning for day X. Or even that he had lived a double life as a Syrian refugee.

What's most remarkable is that the German authorities had been utterly blind to him.

It took a maintenance man stumbling upon a gun in an airport bathroom to uncover it all.

It was just chance.

Back when I first started reporting on this case, I called one of Francois lawyers to ask if Franco

would talk. The lawyer was doubtful, but said he'd pass along the message. I also called the

prosecution. They wouldn't talk on the record, 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

where he questions how Germany atones for the Holocaust, argues that immigration has ruined

Germany's ethnic purity. And says things like, I know you will murder me. I will murder you first.

They say Franco A was firmly decided to commit a violent act. And they point to handwritten

notes with the names of prominent politicians and activists. And they say that one Friday in the

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