New laws for German spies: Governments wants more powers for its secret services, bringing them closer to the police

The German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt wants to grant secret services new operative powers. The radical draft law running to 700 pages would also expand surveillance, facial recognition and offensive cyber capabilities and cost hundreds of millions of euros a year. Earlier this year, federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) announced that he wanted [ ] Der Beitrag New laws for…