Tag Archives: BfV

One Year Ago — Germany Spy Chief : “Chinese Investments Are Legal Espionage”

Posted on April 13, 2019 by L

“Industrial espionage is no longer necessary if one can simply take advantage of liberal economic regulations to buy companies and then disembowel them or cannibalize them to gain access to their know-how.” Hans-Georg Maassen — Director of BfV April 13 … Continue reading →

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Germany — BfV to enlarge “Department Two” by 50 percent in 2019

Posted on January 11, 2019 by L

“On numbers, I won’t comment. They are secret. But my goal for the department on right-wing extremism is that it approach the size of our largest department that works on Islamist terrorism.” Thomas Haldenwang — President of the Federal Office … Continue reading →

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Two Years Ago — MI6 Alex Younger & BND Bruno Kahl : “Russian Hackers Will Target European 2017 Elections”

Posted on December 11, 2018 by L

“We have evidence that cyber-attacks are taking place that have no purpose other than to elicit political uncertainty.” Bruno Kahl  — BND Head (December 2016) December 11 2016 — Bruno Kahl, president of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, has warned that next year’s … Continue reading →

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One Year Ago — Germany Intelligence officials reject the idea of creating a European Intelligence Agency

Posted on October 9, 2018 by L

“We don’t need a European intelligence agency or any other additional European intelligence institution.” Bruno Kahl — President of the BND [Germany’s foreign intelligence agency] October 9 2017 — In recent years, many European leaders have floated the idea of … Continue reading →

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Germany Spy Chief : Chinese Investments Are Legal Espionage

Posted on April 13, 2018 by L

“Industrial espionage is no longer necessary if one can simply take advantage of liberal economic regulations to buy companies and then disembowel them or cannibalize them to gain access to their know-how.” Hans-Georg Maassen — Director of BfV Hans-Georg Maassen … Continue reading →

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Germany — Spy Agency Attacks Facebook about Fake News

Posted on November 29, 2017 by L

“Today we are discovering a ‘fifth estate’ that makes claims but up until now does not want to take any social responsibility.” Hans-Georg Maassen — President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution Hans-Georg Maassen — the … Continue reading →

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Germany — Intelligence officials reject the idea of creating a European Intelligence Agency

Posted on October 9, 2017 by L

“We don’t need a European intelligence agency or any other additional European intelligence institution.” Bruno Kahl — President of the BND [Germany’s foreign intelligence agency] In recent years, many European leaders have floated the idea of a “European CIA”. Not … Continue reading →

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INTEL TODAY DIARY — June 2 2017

Posted on June 2, 2017 by L

Germany strengthens its Cyber Defense — James Comey due before Senate next week — Vladimir Putin has suggested “patriotic” Russian citizens might be engaged in hacking — Russia escalates spy games after years of U.S. neglect

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GERMANY — Turkey conducting espionage against supporters of Fethullah Gulen

Posted on March 31, 2017 by L

“This report does not come as a complete surprise to me. We have repeatedly told Turkey that something like this is unacceptable. No matter what position someone may have on the Gulen movement, here German law is applied and citizens … Continue reading →

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UK Boris Johnson: ‘No Evidence Russia trying to disrupt UK democracy’

Posted on March 13, 2017 by L

“We have no evidence that the Russians are actually involved in trying to undermine our democratic processes at the moment.” Foreign Minister Boris Johnson Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) — part of the GCHQ spying agency —  has written … Continue reading →

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