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Baltic Takes
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President @ilvestoomas.bsky.social explains Germany’s intelligence disaster on the latest episode of the Continental Rift. As Ilves notes, the international relationship with Germany’s BND spy agency has been problematic ..ever since Gerhard Schröder became Chancellor, funnily enough.

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Baltic Takes
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During his chancellorship, the BND even unwittingly recruited a spy for Russia as their informant in the Baltics. Herman Simm was exposed with the help of Lithuanian counterintelligence and convicted by Estonia.

Baltic Takes
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Germany thought it was getting info on Russian activities in the Baltics but was actually probably just paying for Russian disinformation. These days it’s free on X, of course.

Chris Winters 🇩🇪 🇺🇦 🇬🇪
@cwinters.bsky.social

Short form: BND (external intelligence) is not BfV (internal constitutionality watchdog). Mixing them up constantly like these two do means having no idea what you're talking about. Calling the Stasi wonderful equals calling Gestapo and NKVD wonderful. GTFO here with that antidemocratic dogwhistle.

Marsanges
@marsanges.bsky.social

The guy in question (Hanning) predates Schroeder. He is a Kohl designee. One should rather ask why noone afterward replaced him neither Schroeder nor Merkel. Institutional complacency is a bigger problem in D than just any specific government.