Military Counterintelligence Service controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2024
Luftwaffe communication interception investigation
After Russian state media published an intercepted Luftwaffe discussion concerning the possible supply of Taurus missiles to Ukraine, MAD was tasked with investigating how the communication had been compromised.
2020
Disclosure of KSK-related security information
An MAD lieutenant colonel was accused of showing photographs of illegally held weapons to members of the Special Forces Command and warning an officer that MAD might investigate him. The officer was suspended and reportedly lost access to MAD facilities.
1983
Kießling Affair
MAD treated allegations about senior NATO commander Günter Kießling as evidence of a security risk. Defence Minister Manfred Wörner placed him into early retirement, but Kießling was rehabilitated in February 1984 after the allegations were discredited. The episode resulted in the removal of the MAD commander and a formal review of the agency's practices.
1978
Hildegard Holz surveillance scandal
MAD secretly surveilled Hildegard Holz, a secretary to Defence Minister Georg Leber, after incorrectly suspecting her of espionage for East Germany. The operation was conducted without the minister's knowledge. Once the matter became public, it produced a major political crisis and Leber resigned in February 1978.