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That's hilarious, and if I were them I'd be more concerned with things placed there without authority than things removed without authority.

It essentially says 'you've been owned'.

Sounds like .. there's a leak.

I'm curious whether that pun carries over into German. It would be a stroke of genius if the taps were removed with that joke in mind.

We would say "undichte Stelle". Yeah, it pretty much works.

Yes, the joke works in German just as well ;)

Just to be clear: V-Männer or V-Personen are snitches and not undercover agents of the Verfassungsschutz.

I thought V-Man was a reference back to pre war Gestapo undercover agents.