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Ein Militärgeheimdienst wird aufgerüstet
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Corbinian Ruckerbauer
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Netzpolitik
October 28, 2025
In this article Corbinian Ruckerbauer explains that the new draft law governing the Federal Military Counterintelligence Service's (BAMAD) work for worsening the overlap between different military and civilian intelligence agencies. He argues that key surveillance tools should be governed by rules defined in statutory law, not just internal directive, to ensure effective democratic oversight . He calls for a comprehensive reform of all intelligence laws instead of piecemeal updates to the BAMAD framework and urges the government to balance new powers with transparency and stronger parliamentary control.
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Corbinian Ruckerbauer
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