I don't know but if I had to guess, it's because they have no reason to get into more specific and lesser charges until/unless it looks like he might be coming to trial.
Then again, it's not the first time a slide has been challenged: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/11/us-germany-usa-spying-idUSKBN0JP1QG20141211?irpc=932 Germany's top public prosecutor said an investigation into suspected > tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone by U.S. spies had so far > failed to find any concrete evidence. > Revelations by former National Security Agency employee Edward Snowden > that Washington carried out large-scale electronic espionage in Germany > provoked widespread outrage -- particularly the allegation that the NSA had > bugged Merkel's phone. > Harald Range launched an official investigation in June, believing there > was enough preliminary evidence to show unknown U.S. intelligence officers > had tapped the phone, although there was not enough clarity on the issue to > bring charges. > On Wednesday he said however, > *"the document presented in public as proof of an actual tapping of the > mobile phone is not an authentic surveillance order by the NSA. It does not > come from the NSA database."There is no proof at the moment which could > lead to charges that Chancellor Merkel's phone connection data was > collected or her calls tapped."* > Range said neither a reporter for German news magazine Spiegel who > presented the document, nor Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency, nor > Snowden had provided further details to his office. >From the German prosecutor, not an NSA spokesperson. *Plus*, as I said in the post - *Snowden didn't see all the materials he leaked*. If the document was forged and not legitimate or a mockup produced by GCHQ for proposal purposes, etc., it could have been modified or fabricated *after* Snowden gave up his trove. Did you read the entire post, or just decide that "If he's not a Snowden-ite, he's probably a liar or a bad man"?? *Georgi Guninski* [email protected] <guninski%40guninski.com?Subject=Re%3A%20The%20GCHQ%20Cryptome%20slide%20could%20be%20a%20mockup/disinfo&In-Reply-To=%3C20151009134945.GA2643%40sivokote.iziade.m%24%3E> *Fri Oct 9 09:49:45 EDT 2015* > Why they don't charge Snowden for fabricating/photoshoping?
