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Bundesnachrichtendienst

Type: Organization

Name: Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND)

Nationality: Germany

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Bundesnachrichtendienst

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Bundesnachrichtendienst

Germany to invest 100 million euros on internet surveillance: report

BERLIN, June 17 (Xinhua) -- The German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) plans to invest 100 million euros (133 million U.S. dollars) on new technologies and hiring more people to expand internet surveillance, local media reported over the weekend.According ... [Published Xinhua News Agency - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Surveillance, Bundesnachrichtendienst, Germany

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

European Union

German spy agency gets funding boost to aid web traffic interceptions

Germany's foreign spy agency is to get a large funding boost to improve its ability to monitor internet traffic.The Federal Intelligence Service (Bundesnachrichtendienst, or BND) taps phones and intercepts web communications to try and identify any threats ... [Published Wired.co.uk - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Bundesnachrichtendienst, Intelligence Service, Reconnaissance, European Union

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

Barack Obama

BND to spend EUR 100 mln on internet spying

Despite the scandal over the US Prism spy programme, the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) is planning to invest €100 million to improve its internet surveillance, Spiegel Online reported on Sunday.Obama faces more sceptical Germany - National (16 Jun ... [Published The Local Germany - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Bundesnachrichtendienst, Germany, Barack Obama, US National Security Agency

First reported Jun 16 2013 - Updated Jun 16 2013 - 1 reports

The War Comes To Syria

in Breaking News 53 mins agoIt has recently been announced that the Obama administration has decided to go ahead and arm the Syrian rebels on the grounds that they have “obtained proof the Syrian government used chemical weapons against fighters trying ... [Published RINF.com - Jun 16 2013]

Entities: Syria, Chemical Weapon, Obama Administration, Bundesnachrichtendienst

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Digital surveillance programs in other countries trigger controversy

Last week's disclosure of at the has generated heated debate in the U.S. and across the world about privacy. The NSA is collecting metadata on U.S. residents' phone calls made on Verizon's network and Internet records from nine Web companies, including ... [Published Good Gear Guide - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: AIVD, Surveillance, PRISM (Surveillance Program), Bundesnachrichtendienst

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 14 2013 - 2 reports

GCHQ

Digital surveillance programs in other countries trigger controversy

Details about surveillance programs in the UK, Germany and India are sketchy, but the US is not alone in electronic data collectionJune 14, 2013, 5:08 PM Last week's disclosure of massive data collection efforts at the U.S. National Security Agency has ... [Published ITworld.com - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Surveillance, Bundesnachrichtendienst, GCHQ, US National Security Agency, David Cameron

First reported May 27 2013 - Updated May 27 2013 - 1 reports

German intelligence sees Syrian regime regaining: report

German intelligence agency believes the rebels are in trouble. Government troops are set to make significant advances, it predicts. World Bulletin / News DeskGermany's foreign intelligence agency, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), has fundamentally changed ... [Published World Bulletin - May 27 2013]

Entities: Bundesnachrichtendienst, Homs, Damascus, Desertion

First reported May 26 2013 - Updated May 26 2013 - 1 reports

‘Germany to send ballistic vests to Syria’

in Breaking News 55 mins agoA report says that Germany plans to send several hundred bulletproof vests to militants fighting against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.According to the report due to be published in Der Spiegel magazine ... [Published RINF.com - May 26 2013]

Entities: Syria, Germany, Ali Mamlouk, Bashar al-Assad, Bundesnachrichtendienst

First reported May 26 2013 - Updated May 26 2013 - 1 reports

Germany renews support for Syrian rebels

The German government will be renewing and stepping up its support for the Syrian rebels in the fight against President Bashar al-Assad, according to a report in Der Spiegel magazine due to be published on Monday.Chinese premier visit to strengthen trade ... [Published The Local Germany - May 26 2013]

Entities: Germany, Foreign Office (Germany), Bundesnachrichtendienst, Free Syrian Army

First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 1 reports

Austria Reiterates Rejection of Arming Syrian Opposition

Spindelegger said that Austria is a firm opponent of any European suggestion to arm the Syrian opposition, specifically the British suggestion of having the opposition armed by individual countries that wish to do so. On a relevant note, Chief of General ... [Published Syrian Arab News Agency - May 25 2013]

Entities: Austria, Guido Westerwelle, Austrian Armed Forces

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

‘Syrian army can succeed at will’

Germany’s foreign intelligence agency says the Syrian army is capable of conducting successful operations against the foreign-backed militants ‘at will,’ a report says.Gerhard Schindler, the head of Germany’s Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), told security ... [Published Press tv - May 24 2013]

Entities: Bundesnachrichtendienst, Syrian Arab Army, Syria, Security

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

German intelligence sees Assad forces gaining: report

Security forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad take part in a field exercise at an undisclosed location, in this handout photograph distributed by Syria's national news agency SANABERLIN: Germany's foreign intelligence service believes Syrian ... [Published Lebanon Daily Star - May 23 2013]

Entities: Bundesnachrichtendienst, Bashar al-Assad, Syria, Field Exercise

Quotes

"We have to balance out a loss of control over the communication of criminals through new legal and technological means" Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich told the paper

Germany to invest 100 million euros on internet surveillance: report [Published Xinhua News Agency - Jun 17 2013]

"Let us be clear," Cameron said in a Guardian article. "We cannot give a running commentary on the intelligence services. I am satisfied that the intelligence services, who do a fantastically important job to keep us safe, operate within the law and within a legal framework and they also operate within a proper framework of scrutiny by the intelligence and security committee."

Digital surveillance programs in other countries trigger controversy [Published ITworld.com - Jun 14 2013]

On Tuesday, Dutch digital rights organization (BoF) and the government "to put an end to this eavesdropping scandal as soon as possible." The group called Opstelten's appearance in the Lower House a "disappointing farce."

Digital surveillance programs in other countries trigger controversy [Published Good Gear Guide - Jun 14 2013]

"Strategically, the regime has the advantage — taking the initiative, using new tactics, opening up counteroffensives or new fronts over the last two-to-four months" says Yezid Sayigh, senior analyst with the Carnegie Middle East Centre in Beirut...

Brian Stewart: Is Syria's Assad turning the tide of battle? [Published CBC - Jun 05 2013]

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Has the War Reached Lebanon? Meanwhile, Obama U... [Published Syria Comment - May 28 2013] Lebanese soldiers patrol Tripoli, Lebanon. Photo: Daily Star We previously discussed the advent of Lebanese Sunni and Shi’ite fighters facing off on Syrian soil. Increasingly, this fight is moving home, as well. Just as the Syrian conflict has involved ...
Fascism in Germany did not start with Hitler an... [Published Green (Living) Review - Mar 29 2013] Fascism in Germany did not start with Hitler and the NSDAP and neither did it end there by Michael Smith (Veshengro) It has often been suggested and is generally assumed that Fascism in Germany equals National-Socialism and thus began with ...
On WMD and the Origins of the Iraq War [Published Foreign Policy BlogsForeign Policy Blogs \| The ... - Mar 26 2013] Rafid Ahmed Alwan, known by the codename Curveball, invented a story about Iraqi chemical weapons labs. (Photo: cnn.com) The tenth anniversary of the Iraq War is upon us, and we have been inundated with reminiscences and reflections on the war’s ...
Cyprus – oh the irony!? [Published The Cobden Centre - Mar 19 2013] Seemingly innocuous events can portend more serious outcomes, though we recognise them only in hindsight. This is the dramatic irony of history. When a single shot in Sarajevo took out a largely unknown European aristocrat, who would have known then ...
Cyprus – Oh the Irony!? [Published St George West - Mar 19 2013] By Ben Davies : In history seemingly innocuous events portend more serious outcomes – albeit we recognise them in hind(e)sight. This is the dramatic irony of history. Just as a single shot in Sarajevo, took out a largely unknown European aristocrat, ...