Conference paper
Covername Dali
Wilhelm Dietl
; Journalist (Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Focus), Member of BND (1993-2004)
Abstract
This is a revised lecture, which the author held at the “Conference on “Cryptography & Intelligence”/”Secret of Ciphers” in Prag, June 1, 2011. The author was recruited by the German Foreign Intelligence Service, BND, to work as a secret service member under the cover of his journalistic work. He gave some insight into the character of the BND´s Middle East operations in the 1980s and early 1990s, into some of the practical day-to-day activities of secret service work and wrote about some of his missions in the Middle East. Of course, he is writing from his personal experience about this divided professional life.And, of course, about the basic interaction between intelligence organizations, open reporting and public awareness.
Keywords
BND; counterterrorism; intelligence operations; information and media operations; public knowledge
Hrčak ID:
80564
URI
Publication date:
17.12.2009.
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