Bundesnachrichtendienst

The Federal Intelligence Service (German: (, BND; CIA code name CASCOPE) is the foreign intelligence agency of Germany, directly subordinated to the Chancellor's Office. Its headquarters are in Pullach near Munich, and Berlin (planned to be centralised in Berlin by 2016, with about 4,000 people). The BND has 300 locations in Germany and foreign countries. In 2005, the BND employed around 6,050 people, 10% of them soldiers; those are officially employed by the (Office for Military Sciences). The annual budget of the BND for 2015 is €615,577,000.