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the gentler, kinder, totally-not-spying-on-everyone-anymore-we-swear successor to the Stasi, etc

I like it! I'd totally give that TV series a try!

That'd be the BND as an FYI

I think that's technically incorrect. The BND (and it's military sibling MAD) are mostly concerned with foreign intelligence, while the Stasi was mostly used for internal surveillance. The subdivision HVA inside the Stasi would be the equivalent to the BND, while the larger and infamous internal surveillance of the Stasi is now in the responsibility of the Verfassungsschutz.

> I think that's technically incorrect. The BND (and it's military sibling MAD) are mostly concerned with foreign intelligence, while the Stasi was mostly used for internal surveillance.

Of course they are. That's why they are happy to work with NSA which get everything that is routed through frankfurt.

>The subdivision HVA inside the Stasi would be the equivalent to the BND, while the larger and infamous internal surveillance of the Stasi is now in the responsibility of the Verfassungsschutz.

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