And then you find that someone similar to a secret agent (Verfassungsschutz - German "Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution ") has infiltrated t

And then you find that someone similar to a secret agent (Verfassungsschutz - German "Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution ") has infiltrated the local university's left circles posing as one of them, and making him a friend of people you know and talk to on a regular basis. It only came out because this person was particularly incompetent. And it's not like any of the targets actually did anything of importance (afaik). Coming from a point of view where the government isn't spying on people personally and especially not you, your friends or anyone around, it was certainly a bit shocking to see this happen. But, as others mentioned, that's not even the point with this whole issue.