List of secret service affairs in Germany
The list shows nationwide known affairs of the German intelligence services in which the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), a State Authority for the Protection of the Constitution (LfV) or the Military Counter-Intelligence Service (MAD) were involved. This often had personal consequences for employees or politicians (e.g. resignation) or led to substantive debates and political changes (e.g. committee of inquiry or changes to the law ). The list shows the time the affair became known as well as the relevant period of the related incidents.
| known since | Period | designation | Intelligence service |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | 1954-1958 | Case of Otto John (first President of the BfV) | BfV |
| 1958 | 1952-1958 | Eichmann affair | BND |
| 1961 | 1951-1961 | Case of Heinz Felfe | BND |
| 1963 | 1963-1965 | Wiretapping | BfV |
| 1971 | 1968-1971 | Urbach affair | BfV |
| 1974 | 1956-1974 | Guillaume affair | BND |
| 1976 | 1974-1991 | Schmücker process | BfV |
| 1977 | 1975-1980 | Eavesdropping grape | BfV |
| 1977 | 1975-1976 | Wiretapping affair from Stammheim | BND, LfV Baden-Württemberg |
| 1978 | 1978 | Wiretapping of the secretary of the Federal Defense Minister Georg Leber | MAD |
| 1984 | 1983-1984 | Kießling affair | MAD |
| 1985 | 1985 | Case by Hansjoachim Tiedge | BfV |
| 1986 | 1978-1988 | Celler Hole | LfV Lower Saxony |
| 1989 | 1968-1989 | Double agent Alfred Spuhler | BND |
| 1989 | 1976-1989 | Stasi informants at the Office for the Protection of the Constitution | LfV Lower Saxony |
| 1990 | 1968-1984 | Double agent Gabriele Gast | BND |
| 1990 | 1969-1984 | Double agent Joachim Krase | MAD |
| 1990 | 1981-1990 | Double agent Klaus Kuron | BfV |
| 1991 | 1991 | Case of Thilo Weichert | BfV |
| 1991 | 1991 | Tank affair | BND |
| 1995 | 1994-1995 | Plutonium affair | BND |
| 2002 | 1990s – 2006 | Case of Norbert Juretzko | BND |
| 2003 | 2001-2003 | Failure of the NPD ban proceedings | BfV |
| 2004 | 2004 | Affair surrounding interviews in US prisoner camps / Khaled al-Masri case | BND |
| 2005 | 1993-1998 | Journalist scandal | BND |
| 2006 | 2003-2008 | Iraq affair (" snail plan ") | BND |
| 2007 | 2007-2008 | The Kremer case | BND |
| 2008 | 2008-2009 | Kosovo affair | BND |
| 2010 | 2007-2010 | Influence on naturalization applications | LfV Lower Saxony |
| 2011 | 1995-now | National Socialist Underground | MAD, BfV, various LfV |
| 2011 | 1970s – 2011 | Permanent monitoring by Rolf Gössner | BfV |
| 2012 | 2006–2012 | Monitoring journalists and lawyers in Lower Saxony | LfV Lower Saxony |
| 2013 | 2004-now | BND-NSA surveillance affair , Operation Eikonal | BND, BfV |
| 2014 | 2012-2014 | Case of Markus R. | BND |
| 2015 | 2015 | Treason - suspicion against netzpolitik.org , GBA - dismissal | BfV |
| 2018 | 2018 | Statements by Hans-Georg Maassen and his dismissal | BfV |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Goats to gardeners. Der Spiegel, October 29, 1990, accessed June 9, 2015 .
- ↑ Secret Services: Blue Wonder. Der Spiegel, April 6, 1992, accessed June 9, 2015 .
- ^ Maria Marquart: Denied naturalization: Too left for Germany. Spiegel Online, February 26, 2010, accessed June 9, 2015 .
- ↑ Kiel left spokeswoman can hope for naturalization. stern.de, March 11, 2010, accessed June 9, 2015 .
- ↑ Alexander Budde : pursue and cover up. Lower Saxony's protection of the constitution spied on journalists and lawyers. Deutschlandradio Kultur, October 8, 2013, accessed on June 9, 2015 .