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The German Parliamentary Committee investigation of the NSA spying scandal (official title: 1.Untersuchungsausschuss „NSA“) was started on March 20, 2014, by the German Parliament in order to investigate the extent and background of foreign secret services spying in Germany in the light of the Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present).
Brandt and Guillaume, 1974. The Guillaume affair (German: Guillaume-Affäre) was an espionage scandal in Germany during the Cold War.The scandal revolved around the exposure of an East German spy within the West German government and had far-reaching political repercussions in Germany, the most prominent being the resignation of West German Chancellor Willy Brandt in 1974.
Günter Guillaume (1 February 1927 – 10 April 1995) was an East German spy who gathered intelligence as an agent for East Germany's secret service, the Stasi, in West Germany. Guillaume became West German chancellor Willy Brandt's secretary, and his discovery as a spy in 1973 led to Brandt's downfall in the Guillaume affair.
BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday allegations that the aide to a prominent far-right politician had been spying for China were "very concerning" and urged more ...
Germany’s justice minister Marco Buschmann congratulated the prosecutor’s office in a post on social media platform X, writing that the arrests highlighted the need to stay vigilant.
Germany has become one of Kyiv's biggest suppliers of military aid since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, and is a major target for Russian spying operations ...
The BfV works with domestic and foreign intelligence services. In at least one case, the BfV has turned to US authorities for help in unmasking a US spy. The spy was from the NSA, who was spying on the German Parliamentary Committee investigation of the NSA spying scandal (1. Untersuchungsausschuss „NSA“).
Various German politicians from all parties unanimously urged for a parliamentary enquiry committee, [32] which has now begun digging deeply into the details of what is widely regarded as one of the biggest scandals concerning national security in modern German history. The affair is casting Germany's security apparatus into public disrepute ...