Secret service reform: a turning point for spies

Interior Minister Dobrindt wants to upgrade the BND and BfV. – BfV - All rights reserved: IMAGO / newspix, BND - CC BY 2.0: Alper Çuğun, Dobrindt - CC BY 4.0: European Union The Federal Intelligence Service and the Office for the Protection of the Constitution should become “real” secret services, says Interior Minister Dobrindt. Now the draft for the complete reform shows what that means: hacking back, snorkeling, tapping into cameras - and with less public control than before.