West German Federal Intelligence Service (BND)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/West_German_Federal_Intelligence_Service_(BND)

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	intelligence officer
gptkbp:abbreviation	BND
gptkbp:budget	over 600 million euros (approximate, varies by year)
gptkbp:collaboratesWith	gptkb:MI6 gptkb:CIA gptkb:Mossad
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:director	gptkb:Bruno_Kahl
gptkbp:employs	gptkb:military_officer civilian staff
gptkbp:established	1956
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	gptkb:Berlin gptkb:Pullach
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	West German Federal Intelligence Service (BND)
gptkbp:jurisdiction	gptkb:Federal_Republic_of_Germany
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:BND_Law_(BND-Gesetz)
gptkbp:motto	Wir arbeiten im Verborgenen für Ihre Sicherheit
gptkbp:notableDirector	gptkb:Reinhard_Gehlen August Hanning Ernst Uhrlau Gerhard Schindler Gerhard Wessel Hans-Georg Wieck
gptkbp:notableEvent	involvement in Cold War espionage NSA spying scandal exposure of double agents involvement in counterterrorism involvement in international intelligence sharing involvement in monitoring East Germany involvement in monitoring Soviet Union
gptkbp:notableOperation	gptkb:Operation_Eikonal gptkb:Operation_Gladio gptkb:Operation_Rubicon
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees	over 6,000 (approximate, varies by year)
gptkbp:officialName	gptkb:Bundesnachrichtendienst
gptkbp:operates	worldwide
gptkbp:oversees	gptkb:Parliamentary_Control_Panel_(PKGr)
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:German_Chancellery
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Gehlen_Organization
gptkbp:primaryUse	counterintelligence signals intelligence foreign intelligence
gptkbp:relatedOrganization	gptkb:Federal_Office_for_the_Protection_of_the_Constitution_(BfV) gptkb:Military_Counterintelligence_Service_(MAD)
gptkbp:reportsTo	gptkb:Federal_Chancellery
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:Gehlen_Organization
gptkbp:type	civilian agency
gptkbp:website	https://www.bnd.bund.de/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Heinz_Felfe
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7