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 "title": "Berlin's Cabinet Adopts the Intelligence Reform Giving BND and BfV Active Measures Under One Control Council",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/germany-cabinet-nachrichtendienstrecht-reform-bnd-bfv-active-measures-unabhaengiger-kontrollrat-dobrindt/",
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 "published": "2026-08-12T19:51:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-08-19T19:51:33.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBerlin, 12 August 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * The federal cabinet adopted the Gesetz zur Reform des Nachrichtendienstrechts on 12 August — a single omnibus act containing a new Bundesverfassungsschutzgesetz, a new BND-Gesetz and, for the first time, a statute for the Unabhängiger Kontrollrat (Independent Control Council)\n * Active measures: the BND may counter immediate threats found in its operations and, with Kontrollrat approval and under defined threat conditions, disable state-affili",
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