Germans Knew Berlin Christmas Market Terrorist Planned To Attack Nearly A Year In Advance

Germany's intelligence services knew Berlin Christmas market terrorist Anis Amri downloaded bomb making instructions on his phone nearly a year prior to a Dec. 2016 incident, German media reports.

German police were reportedly approached by an informant about Amri in Nov. 2015 and had his cell phone under surveillance when they learned of him downloading terror instruction manuals. Ten months prior to the attack German authorities also knew that Amri was using his cell phone to message Islamic State operatives in Libya...

German authorities rejected Amri's asylum application but did not deport him because the Tunisian government refused to confirm his identity. Amri was subsequently released, and allowed to remain unmolested in Berlin for months.

If the German people aren't willing to take harsh measures against the politicians stabbing them in the back, they deserve what they get. That advice goes for other countries as well. I have a favorite quotation by Hobbes...

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them

When that power lasteth by which he is able to protect them is willfully put aside, citizens have a duty...to themselves. People have a duty to protect themselves,,,it goes beyond a right

If citizens have to punish their politicians in order to protect themselves, so be it. Politicians have a right to choose between service and betrayal. Citizens that do not punish those that harm them can expect further harm.