Monday, June 7, 2021

Germany's Security Agency Chief Says Russian Intelligence 'Methods Are Becoming Rougher And The Means More Brutal'

Image: German intelligence agency (BfV)  

DW: Germany: Russian spy activity becomes 'more brutal' 

A security agency chief has warned that Moscow has a "very complex intelligence interest in Germany." However, far-right extremism is the country's current "greatest threat," he said. 

Russian intelligence is as active in Germany as it was "during the Cold War era," the head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency (BfV) said in comments published by the German Welt am Sonntag newspaper.

BfV leader Thomas Haldenwang said the Kremlin has a "very complex intelligence interest in Germany in almost all policy areas."

"We recognize that Russia has significantly increased its activity," Haldenwang told the Sunday newspaper. "So far, we have only known the level we have achieved in the meantime from the Cold War era."  

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Update: German Domestic Intelligence Chief Warns Of Increased Russian Activity (RFE) 

WNU editor: The German security agency chief is whining that Russian intelligence "methods are becoming rougher and the means more brutal'. Well DUH!!!!! We are talking about spying and gathering intelligence.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Do you feel a breeze in your hair?

Anonymous said...

A 350-pound, large-breasted man pummeled a diminutive woman (actually two women) in Gardena, Calif., over the weekend.

Also Known As a Democrat voter of the protected class

A grew up when a dead Russki was a good Russki. Seriously, how much can we worry about the FSB, when we have violence on the street just short of small scale warfare. If honest statistics were collected it might meet the definition of war in the US.

1,000 people dead in one year.

If we are not at war, it is not from Liberals not trying.

Anonymous said...

americaner try gun controls like in calm nations have them

RussInSoCal said...

Um, sorry but that German BfV agency insignia looks like a cross between Foghorn Leghorn and Daffy Duck.

/the Germans could start right there with a "tougher" image.

Anonymous said...

IMHO Russ the the agency insignia looks like standard issue medieval heraldry. Maybe the eagle should look more life like the US presidential seal. If that is your opinion, it is well taken.

Anonymous said...

Proof?

RussInSoCal said...

4:27 PM

Proof? Step 1: pull your head out of your ass. Step 2: clean the fecal matter from your eyes and ears. Step 3: Look outside of your hermetically sealed ignorance bubble.

You'll then have your "proof".

Anonymous said...

That is nice Russ.

I am not an expert on medieval heraldry far from it, but I believe the insignia is a eagle rampant. I finally found out how the double headed eagle came about, which has been used by the Byzantium Empire, Russian Empire and Russia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_(heraldry)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Intelligence_Service


There is more than one rendition of the BfV insignia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Russia

Anonymous said...

name calling is not proof
evidence, facts, data, specifics are

Anonymous said...

Proof!!!! You want proof. That's rich coming from you. You spent years making your bed, enjoying it?

Anonymous said...

I do have a bone to pick or perhaps a clarifying query to WNU. Maybe two years ago there was a discussion of how American and Russian spies were treated in Lebanon by Hezbollah.

Hezbollah kidnapped and tortured Buckley to death. Some Russian got hurt in Lebanon too. WNU stated that the Russians retaliated so that Hezbollah would never do that to Russians again.

There have been other posts as well.

Perhaps the best way to describe the business is that there are two stable minima. To stay in the minima where it is live and let live, you have to play hardball or it is all one way.

Layguy said...

Men have been killed for such ignorant/arrogance.