The leading domestic intelligence agency in Germany operates “hundreds” of fake right wing accounts that it uses to infiltrate right wing political networks, according to a report.
The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution , the leading domestic intelligence agency in Germany, operates “hundreds” of fake right wing accounts that it uses to infiltrate right wing political networks,Based on interviews with a BfV agent, the reporter who broke the story, Ronen Steinke, said that not only are BfV agents allowed to agitate and inflame the passions of the networks they infiltrated, but they are also allowed to commit criminal offences.
Und: „Um wirklich glaubwürdig zu sein, reicht es nicht, Aussagen anderer zu teilen oder zu liken, man muss auch selber Aussagen tätigen.“ Das heißt, die Agenten pöbeln und hetzen auch mit. Bis zu einem gewissen Grad sind ihnen auch Straftaten erlaubt.“In order to be really credible, it’s not enough to share or like what others say, you also have to make statements yourself,” said the unnamed agent.
“This means that the agents also bully and agitate,” said Steinke. “To a certain extent, they are also allowed to commit criminal offences.” An unnamed head of a local BfV field office said the tactics are “the future of information gathering,” in a comment to the newspaper.“Many right-wing radicals probably have no idea how many accounts in their chat groups are already agents,” said Steinke.
„Natürlich, ich bestärke Menschen in ihrem Weltbild“, hat mir die Agentin gesagt, die online eine Rechtsradikale spielt. Ihre Arbeit sei nun mal darauf ausgerichtet, das Interesse und die Sympathie von Rechten zu gewinnen, das heißt, „dass man diese Bubble füttert“.The agent who spoke to Steinke said that inflaming the right wing circles they infiltrated was part of the job.Intelligence agencies have been infiltrating political activist organizations for decades.
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