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Germany: Statewatch analysis: The Federal Republic’s security services from the Cold War to the “new security architecture” by Norbet Putter
01 June 2010
Germany: Statewatch analysis:
The Federal Republic’s security services from the Cold War to the “new security architecture” (pdf) by Norbet Putter. With the end of the Cold War, the (West) German security services lost their central surveillance target and thereby their legitimacy. The crisis was brief and new roles were swiftly found. More so than ever before, the intelligence agencies became interlinked with other security authorities.