http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,25773,00.html # # Former Figure Skater Fights to Keep Her File Secret # # BERLIN - Former East German figure-skating star Katarina Witt # has applied to a Berlin court to prevent the release of the file # the communist state's secret police - the Stasi - held on her, # the authority that holds the records confirmed Saturday. # # The two-time Olympic gold medalist's move to stop the release # of her Stasi file to journalists follows a similar attempt by # former Chancellor Helmut Kohl. # # The newsmagazine Der Spiegel reported that Witt's lawyer, Heinz # Duex, applied to the Berlin administrative court Friday for a # temporary order to prevent the release of her file. # # Witt has acknowledged she had contact with the secret police # but denies she ever worked for the Stasi. # # The East German government relentlessly spied on its citizens, # and the Stasi kept a network of 85,000 full-time spies and 170,000 # voluntary informers. Its files have buried or tarnished the # professional and political careers and blighted the lives of # many East Germans. # # "The files are as intimate as a diary, and I don't want people # reading into my life," Der Spiegel quoted Witt as saying. I wonder how Declan feels about this.
