Overview
- The draft shifts the BND from pure intelligence gathering to active operations abroad, including sabotaging assets to weaken hostile capabilities or disable weapons systems.
- Offensive cyber counter-operations would be allowed in response to attacks on Germany, such as redirecting data flows or striking foreign IT infrastructure used for assaults.
- Agents could covertly enter residences to install spyware and manipulate devices or weapons, with expanded data powers covering vehicle location and route records, facial recognition, AI analysis and longer retention periods.
- Operational measures would require a declared “nachrichtendienstliche Sonderlage” by the National Security Council plus a two‑thirds approval by the Bundestag’s PKGr oversight panel.
- The text characterizes the BND as performing central tasks of a military intelligence service, and it would permit limited offenses by human sources abroad and exceptional recruitment from age 16.