
“The Intelligence Agency Has Been Weaponised To Attack Political Rivals”—Former German Spy Chief Hans-Georg Maaßen
“The agency’s mandate is to protect the constitutional order—not to carry out political vendettas.”

“The agency’s mandate is to protect the constitutional order—not to carry out political vendettas.”

Two former heads of Germany’s foreign intelligence wing BND warn that the agency was facing bureaucratic collapse.

AfD MP Petr Bystron said the spy chief’s statements confirm that the secret service “is being used for the oppression of the opposition in Germany.”