“The Intelligence Agency Has Been Weaponised To Attack Political Rivals”—Former German Spy Chief Hans-Georg Maaßen Artur Ciechanowicz May 30, 2025 “The agency’s mandate is to protect the constitutional order—not to carry out political vendettas.”
Ex-Intel Chiefs: German Foreign Intelligence Agency on the Verge of Collapse Thomas O'Reilly August 8, 2023 Two former heads of Germany’s foreign intelligence wing BND warn that the agency was facing bureaucratic collapse.
Deep State Demand: German Spy Chief Warns Germans Not To Vote for AfD Chris Tomlinson June 23, 2023 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.”