The Deutsche Welle (German) website reports that a German court today (April 30, 2010) found no legal basis for keeping the files on infamous Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann secret. Chancellor Angela Merkel's office had argued the files could hinder Germany's foreign policy.
"After examining the files, the Federal Administrative Court has decided that the decision of the chancellor's office to block them is unlawful," the court said in a statement.
Chancellor Merkel's office had also argued that publishing the 3,400-page files could endanger relations with foreign intelligence agencies.
The court said it would give Merkel's office a chance to present further arguments against the publishing of the files, which were compiled during the 1950s and 1960s.
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