Leaked Documents Reveal Major Increases Coming For Intelligence Agencies

September 12 2016

Germany

Germany's intelligence agencies are in line for major increases of their budgets next year, according to a leaked budget report cited by Deutsche Welle.

The latest budget draft calls for the BfV domestic intelligence agency to receive an 18 percent boost to 307 million euros (US$345 million), while the BND foreign intelligence agency expects a 12 percent increase to 808 million euros (US$903 million), reported the Suddeutsche Zeitung newspaper.

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