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’.
Chancellor Merz’s cabinet approved a set of measures to expand intelligence agencies’ powers https://t.co/Z8Zf3MDZVk
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Reuters reported:
“The measures, which have been under discussion for months...
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