Secret services
Intelligence services emphasized threat from Russia
The training of Ukrainian soldiers is a particular focus of Russian secret services. (Archive photo) Photo
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The public meeting of the Parliamentary Control Committee once a year focuses on the work of the secret services. This time the three heads of authorities are particularly warning about Russian activities.
The head of the Federal Intelligence Service, Bruno Kahl, explained: “The Kremlin sees the West, and therefore Germany, as an enemy.” The President of the Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD), Martina Rosenberg, reported worrying spying attempts by foreign intelligence services against the Bundeswehr: “Be it to investigate German arms deliveries to Ukraine, training projects or armaments projects or to convey a feeling of insecurity through acts of sabotage.”
The Bundestag committee, which is supposed to monitor the work of the three services, usually meets behind closed doors. The content of its meetings is generally secret. The management only publicly answers questions from MPs once a year.