Posted on 10/18/2022 12:42:07 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser dismissed Arne Schoenbohm as head of the BSI agency, following reports which "damaged the necessary confidence of the public in the neutrality and impartiality" of his management, the ministry said on Tuesday....
The Cyber Security Council Germany, which Mr Schoenbohm chaired until he became the head of the BSI in 2016, was prone to influence from Russian companies and even the Kremlin’s intelligence agencies, the report said.
German media have reported that one of its members was a German company that is a subsidiary of a Russian cybersecurity firm founded by a former KGB agent, which the group said last week that it had thrown out....
Mr Schoenbohm, 53, has been criticised for maintaining contact with the group, giving a speech at an event marking its tenth anniversary despite telling BSI staff to avoid its meetings....
Fears of Russian spies infiltrating Germany have spread since the war in Ukraine broke out.
In September, it emerged that two senior officials at Germany's economy ministry were being investigated over allegations of spying for Russia.
The two civil servants were said to have spent time in Russia and reportedly criticised Chancellor Olaf Scholz for suspending the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline....
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Germany cleaning out the traitors
Does Merkel have ties to the FSB going back to when East Germany (where she is from) was East Germany, not part of the unified Germany???
Remember, half (a third really) of Germany was a Soviet puppet for many years. They still have plenty of true believers in Germany to count on.
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