German Mass Surveillance ‘Carried Out Virtually Unchecked’

‘The German government’s supervision of its intelligence services is facing further scrutiny, following an article published in Tagesspiegal which reveals a damning indictment of mass surveillance practices in Germany by the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights.

“Democratic control of the intelligence services is practically impossible” in which “mass surveillance can be carried out virtually unchecked,” states a report by the Council of Europe’s Commissioner of Human Rights.

Author Nils Muiznieks suggests that “the relationship between the number of supervisors and the number of those being supervised is particularly relevant: two committees with 13 members, supported by a small secretariat, supervise 6,000 employees at the Federal Intelligence Service (BND).”‘

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