Confidentiality and transparency are not mutually exclusive, but rather two sides of the same coin.

Everyone learns in a crisis.

You cannot protect something without intervening on some level.

The Americans are and remain our best friends, but this is absolutely not right. We can't simply return to business as usual.

WikiLeaks is irritating and annoying for Germany, but not a threat. From an international perspective, I see their actions as totally irresponsible.

I am a big advocate of what is known as net neutrality. This means that providers are compelled to transmit content without political or commercial pre-selection.

Service disruptions have to be avoided or at least resolved as quickly as possible. When the Internet goes down, consumers don't notice the difference between a technical malfunction, an act of sabotage by hackers or a military attack.