My Great Endeavors : BND

Introduction

They are German intelligence. They have structure and departments. It has been around since Germany was split in 2. They have done many operations. They have an great eye on the Middle East. They have deals with the CIA. When you hang with thugs you become a thief.

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Definition

They are the "foreign intelligence agency of Germany." There job is to get intel on other countries. They are like the German version of the CIA. BND is a shorter way of saying Bundesnachrichtendienst. In English that is Federal Intelligence Service. They collect and analysis intel. Then report it to the government. The intel come from humans, signal and geospatial. Most intelligence agencies don't do all 3. They're pioneers!!!!

Structure

Under the president is 3 vice presidents. One of them is 4 military affairs. The second one is ova intelligence gathering and threats to national security. The final vice is ova everything else. Such as administration, security, IT, and technological developments.

Siginit is signals intelligence, which is getting intel electronically. They collect and analysis it. This may involve legal issues. There are different sub-groups that deal with various aspects of siginit. There are subgroups that deal with cyber intelligence as well.

The co-operation model: find out who the victims are, the perpetrators, and why they did it. This the model they follow when doing their job. The structure of BND may be different now. Because I don't know how old the information I received is.

Departments

A&B: They "provide intelligence analysis" on different countries: military, economy, and government.

TE: They deal with terrorism, organized criminal gangs, migration, money laundering, human and drug trafficking.

TW: They deal with gun running and military technology. They keep BND updated with advanced technology such as supercomputers.

TA: They do siginit and they fight cyberterrorism.

GU: They watch the world. If there's any static they'll let agents know.

IT: Computer geeks that build software for BND.

ID: Trains the employees and give they health insurance.

ZY: The administration of the BND. They deal with legal issues and human resources.

SI: Security, they keep staff and intel safe.

UM: They control construction of "big projects."

History

It started when Germany was divide in half. There was democratic west and the communist east. It's predecessor was Foreign Army East. It kept an eye on the Soviets in Eastern Europe. The leader of that organization worked for the CIA after WWII. He recruited Nazi officers 4 his organization. In 1956 it became BND and was moved to Western Germany.

Operations

Spying on East Germany: They knew almost everything about Eastern Germany. Eyes and ears was on it in case the Soviets invade Western Europe.

Spying on Reporters: They spied on journalists for 12 years. They wanted to know where they was getting there information from. New laws was created to stop that from happening.

CURVEBALL: He's an ex-Iraqi citizen that may worked on chemical weapons in Iraq. BND and MI6 said he may not be trustworthy. But the U.S. and the UK believed him anyway. BND sent a letter to the CIA letting them know he was a scumbag. It fell on blind eyes.

Prisoner Exchange: BND helped Lebanon and Israel exchange prisoners in 2008.

Turncoat: There was a double agent in the BND. He was giving documents to the CIA. BND was spying on people 4 the NSA.

Spying on Interpol: They kept a list of the police contact info. They also spied on Europol. They were doing this 4 years. I assume new laws were created to stop that.

Middle East Intelligence

I read they got the best intel on Middle Eastern countries since the 1960's. They became close to Iraqi intelligence during the Iraq-Iran War. Iraq wanted BND training and equipment and BND want info on terrorist groups in the Middle East. Iraq received German spy tech and Iraqi spies were trained in Bavaria, Germany. Iraqi spooks gave German spies info on the Red Army Faction. Germany gave or sold weapons and military equipment to Iraq.

Working with Crime Lords

The CIA and BND controlled a Swiss encryption company called Crypto AG. Other countries got encryption from them. The German and American (Statian) spooks were able to get past the encryption of other countries because they controlled Crypto AG. They owned the company from 1970 to 1993. After that only the CIA owned it until 2018.

Overstepping your Bounds

In 2017 the BND spied on reporters from the BBC, Reuters, and New York Times was spied on. They also spied on German citizens, so Angela Merkel and /or courts made new laws to stop that. BND can only spy on foreigners if "there is evidence of a threat." How can they get evidence if they don't snoop? The law also protects journalists from outing their sources.

Conclusion

The BND is like the German version of the CIA. It has a complex structure and 10 departments. It has been around 4 ova 50 years. It has done several operations. It is a whiz when it comes to the Middle East. They did some dirt with the CIA and they spied on their own citizens.