Why Is Germany's Intelligence Agency Spying On Lawmakers?

Germany Intelligence Agency Criticized For Spying On Lawmakers -- L.A. Times

Already under a cloud for failing to stop a neo-Nazi group blamed for 10 deaths, Germany's chief spy agency is criticized for surveillance of leftist lawmakers.

Reporting from Berlin — Twenty years ago, a reunified Germany opened the archives of the East German secret police, the dreaded Stasi, to the public. Thousands of Germans were horrified to learn that their friends and neighbors had been spying on them for the repressive East German government.

Now, Germans are once again dismayed by their country's intelligence service.

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Update: German Intelligence Under Fire For Spying on Parliamentarians -- Spiegel Online

My Comment: I guess old German lawmakers are more easier to watch and spy on than Islamic militants or neo-nazis.