Can Germany beef up its intel game without treading on constitutional protections?
We have been reporting since late last year on TGP about how Germany, besides being engaged in an overhaul of its armed forces, is also working to upgrade its intelligence capabilities to face the dangerous new world that we’re living in.
So, today (12), the German cabinet approved new powers for its intelligence services to ‘hack communications and disrupt foreign adversaries’ operations’.
Reuters reported:
“The measures, which have been under discussion for months, would allow both the BND, the foreign intelligence service, and the BfV, the domestic security service, broader authority to access digital communications, collect data and carry out active operations to thwart attacks.
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said the measures, which would incorporate artificial intelligence tools, would ‘revolutionize Germany’s security architecture’.
Hellbound and Down 