Burwitz worked at the
BND when it was led by Reinhard Gehlen, a former Nazi military intelligence commander who went on to run West Germany's spy agency until 1968.
In 2015, the state legislature established a
BND Infrastructure Loan Fund Program that made $150 million available to local communities for a wide variety of infrastructure needs.
No comment was immediately available from the
BND, Interpol or Europol.
Der Spiegel's latest report reveals that the
BND also monitored nongovernmental organizations, includingAaAeAeA Care International, Oxfam and the Internation Committee of the Red Cross
Meanwhile, on June 1, a few weeks into the latest
BND scandal, Merkel opened a"citizen dialogue" on"the good life." Sitting with 60 Germans chosen to represent different age and income groups, she said,"I want to know what is important to you, what your burdens are." Their responses covered everyday things, like pensions or the decline in grocery shops in rural areas.
The report also said the
BND used its Bad Aibling listening post in Germanys southern Bavaria state to monitor telephone and email traffic in northern Pakistan to ensure the secrecy of the planned US Navy SEALS operation.
Recent news reports also indicate that the
BND has been operating as one of the affiliates of the US secret service.
According to Der Spiegel magazine, in 2013 the
BND issued
The mandatory wage could be paid in dollars or its equivalent value in
BND (Brunei Dinar) 520.
The total of the Sukuk issuance was
BND 100 million.
Focus magazine said the
BND intelligence agency had been spying on Turkey since 1976 and that German government under the then Social Democrat chancellor Helmut Schmidt had expressly approved the step.
Turkey summoned the German ambassador and called for a full explanation following a Spiegel magazine report that the
BND foreign intelligence agency had been spying on Turkey for years and identified Ankara as a top surveillance target in an internal government document from 2009.
