Journalists Beat Police to Germany's Most Wanted Fugitive

Daniela Klette, a Red Army Faction militant missing for 35 years, was located by investigative journalists using AI tools before German law enforcement found her. She was arrested in Berlin in February 2024. The discovery exposes a significant gap in state security capabilities and has prompted debate about open-source intelligence methods—raising questions about how well-resourced police services compare to newsroom investigators in the digital era.