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You're right in that I should've clarified I'm somewhat projecting from the state of the military and law enforcement in Germany. In recent years multiple speci
by kataklasm 4y ago
You're right in that I should've clarified I'm somewhat projecting from the state of the military and law enforcement in Germany. In recent years multiple special operations teams have been dissolved [0][1] due to extremist right-wing ideologies which have been known to exist for years but only after multiple journalistic publications these groups have been dissolved. There's also a history of Nazi and radical right-wing stuff in the regular army. [2][3]
Federal Police and the Intelligence Community aren't excluded from this either, especially the intelligence service belonging to the Bundeswehr, the Military Counterintelligence Service MAD. [4]
And while I don't have any evidence at hand for this right now and thus it can be dismissed as irrelevant, I have a hunch that it may not be all to different in the various military and law enforcement agencies around Europe.
[0] https://www.dw.com/en/ksk-german-special-forces-company-dissolved-due-to-far-right-concerns/a-54386661 https://www.dw.com/en/ksk-german-special-forces-company-diss...
[1] https://www.dw.com/en/germany-frankfurt-police-unit-to-be-disbanded-over-far-right-chats/a-57840014 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-frankfurt-police-unit-to-be-di...
[2] https://www.npr.org/2022/12/11/1142141125/the-rise-of-extremism-in-germanys-military https://www.npr.org/2022/12/11/1142141125/the-rise-of-extrem...
[3] https://www.economist.com/1843/2022/10/21/how-right-wing-extremists-infiltrated-germanys-armed-forces https://www.economist.com/1843/2022/10/21/how-right-wing-ext...
[4] https://www.dw.com/en/germany-logs-rise-in-right-wing-extremist-cases-in-security-agencies/a-61787235 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-logs-rise-in-right-wing-extrem...