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The [[Bundesnachrichtendienst]] (BND) is the foreign intelligence service of the Federal Republic of Germany.<ref>[http://www.bnd.de/nn_1435162/EN/WirUeberUns/WirUeberUns__node.html?__nnn=true About BND], Bundesnchrichtendienst, accessed 5 September 2009.</ref> | The [[Bundesnachrichtendienst]] (BND) is the foreign intelligence service of the Federal Republic of Germany.<ref>[http://www.bnd.de/nn_1435162/EN/WirUeberUns/WirUeberUns__node.html?__nnn=true About BND], Bundesnchrichtendienst, accessed 5 September 2009.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==History== | ||
| + | The BND was formed in 1956 on the basis of the [[Organisation Gehlen]] controlled by former Nazi General [[Reinhard Gehlen]], who remained as head until 1968.<ref>Daniele Ganser, NATO's Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe, Frank Cass, 2005, pp.200-201.</ref> | ||
| + | ==Iraq== | ||
| + | ===Curveball=== | ||
| + | The BND was responsible for briefing the Iraqi defector known as [[Curveball]] after he claimed asylum in Germany in 1999. His stories would form the basis of a claim in [[George W. Bush]]'s 2003 state of the union address that Iraq had mobile biological weapons labs .<ref>Bob Drogin, Curveball, Ebury Press, pp.366-367.</ref> | ||
==People== | ==People== | ||
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*Directorate UM: Relocation<ref>[http://www.bnd.de/nn_1435556/EN/Struktur/Struktur__node.html?__nnn=true Structure], Bundesnachrichtendienst, accessed 5 September 2009.</ref> | *Directorate UM: Relocation<ref>[http://www.bnd.de/nn_1435556/EN/Struktur/Struktur__node.html?__nnn=true Structure], Bundesnachrichtendienst, accessed 5 September 2009.</ref> | ||
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[[Category:Spooks]][[Category:Germany]] | [[Category:Spooks]][[Category:Germany]] | ||
Revision as of 09:45, 11 December 2009
The Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) is the foreign intelligence service of the Federal Republic of Germany.[1]
Contents
History
The BND was formed in 1956 on the basis of the Organisation Gehlen controlled by former Nazi General Reinhard Gehlen, who remained as head until 1968.[2]
Iraq
Curveball
The BND was responsible for briefing the Iraqi defector known as Curveball after he claimed asylum in Germany in 1999. His stories would form the basis of a claim in George W. Bush's 2003 state of the union address that Iraq had mobile biological weapons labs .[3]
People
Presidents
- Reinhard Gehlen 1956-1968
- Gerhard Wessel 1968-1978
- Dr Klaus Kinkel 1979-1982
- Eberhard Blum 1982-1985
- Heribert Hellenbroich August 1985
- Dr Hans-Georg Wieck 1985-1990
- Konrad Porzner 1990-1996
- Dr Hansjörg Geiger 1996-1998
- Dr August Hanning 1998-2005
- Ernst Uhrlau 2005-[4]
Vice Presidents
- Dr. Arndt Freiherr Freytag von Loringhoven Vice President
- Maj. Gen. Armin Hasenpusch Vice president for Military Affairs
- Werner Ober Vice President for Central Functions and Modernization
Structure
- Directorate GL: Situation Centre
- Directorate UF: Specialised Supporting Services
- Directorate EA: Areas of Operation/Liason
- Directorate TA: Signals Intelligence
- Directorate LA: Region A Countries
- Directorate LB: Region B Countries
- Directorate TE: Terrorism and International Organised Crime
- Directorate TW: Proliferation, NBC Weapons
- Directorate SI: Security
- Directorate TU: Technical Support
- Directorate TK: Technical Development
- Directorate ZY: Central Services
- Directorate UM: Relocation[5]
Notes
- ↑ About BND, Bundesnchrichtendienst, accessed 5 September 2009.
- ↑ Daniele Ganser, NATO's Secret Armies: Operation Gladio and Terrorism in Western Europe, Frank Cass, 2005, pp.200-201.
- ↑ Bob Drogin, Curveball, Ebury Press, pp.366-367.
- ↑ Die Präsidenten des Bundesnachrichtendienstes, Das Bundesarchiv, accessed 5 September 2009.
- ↑ Structure, Bundesnachrichtendienst, accessed 5 September 2009.
