In an article published in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on 11 February 2009, Michael Stabenow rightly rages against a European Commission internal document that equates journalists with spies. Like any other public institution, the European Commission has to protect itself against espionage and, in the case of the Commission, against economic and industrial espionage in particular. The secrecy surrounding the work of the competition department is perfectly understandable. But are spies...