Merkel’s Spy Chief, a Hero to the Far Right, Is Removed After Public Rift - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/18/world/europe/merkel-tested-as-her-chief-spy-becomes-a-hero-of-the-far-right.html
2012 Hans-Georg Maassen and the Federal Office for the Protection of the ConstitutionAlexander Gauland and the AfDAlternative for GermanyFar-right politics in GermanyFederal Office for the Protection of the ConstitutionFranziska Schreiber and the AfDFrauke Petry and the AfDHorst Seehofer and the BMIImmigration to GermanyNational Socialist Underground (NSU)Stefan Brandner and the AfD