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Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Germany)
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Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
The
Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
is the
Federal Republic of Germany
's domestic
security agency
. Together with the
Landesämter für Verfassungsschutz
(LfV) at the state level, it is tasked with
intelligence-gathering
on threats concerning the democratic order, the existence and security of the federation or one of its states, and the peaceful coexistence of peoples; with
counter-intelligence
; and with
protective security
and counter-
sabotage
. The BfV reports to the
Federal Ministry of the Interior
. From 2000 to July 2012,
Heinz Fromm
(
SPD
) served as its president until his resignation in the wake of a scandal regarding the destruction of files related to the
National Socialist Underground
, a
Neo-Nazi
terror group. Since 1 August 2012, the agency has been headed by
Hans-Georg Maaßen
.
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