BerlinExperts told the Bundestag the intelligence reform is unconstitutional.
The bill would let Germany’s foreign and domestic spy agencies break into computer systems and hack back.
Mainz law professor Matthias Bäcker said permanent, secret, police-style intrusions by intelligence services contradict rule-of-law principles.
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt says Russia’s shadow war requires Germany to rearm.
The interior committee now weighs the bill after hearing 8 experts for 4 hours Monday.
How each outlet framed it
- netzpolitik.org leans critical
- argues the BND and BfV reform breaks the historical separation of police and intelligence, citing expert testimony that it is unconstitutional
Sources: netzpolitik.org