Nachrichtendienstliches Informationssystem

The Nachrichtendienstliches Informationssystem (NADIS) (Intelligence agency information system) is a searchable database operated by the German domestic security agency Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV).[1] Data stored in the system is readily assessible by the BfV, the foreign intelligence agency Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), and the military intelligence agency Militärischer Abschirmdienst (MAD).[2]

As of 2008, it contains over a million data sets of personal information.[3]

NADIS WN

On 24 June 2012, the database was upgraded and renamed "NADIS WN".[4]

International data exchange

Main article: Global surveillance

United States

In 2012, the BND received information from the United States intelligence community on 1,830 occasions. The information was handed over to the BfV and stored in the NADIS system[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Datenschutzbeauftragte warnen vor Volltextsuche bei Verfassungsschutz und Polizei" (in German). Heise Online. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Smith, introduction by Ward Churchill ; introductory texts and translations by André Moncourt and J. The Red Army Faction : a documentary history. (in German). Montreal, Quebec: Kersplebedeb Pub. p. XXIII. ISBN 1604860308.
  3. ↑ Kiel], Stefan Hansen. [Institut für Sicherheitspolitik an der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu (2009). Neue deutsche Sicherheitsarchitektur : ist eine Reform der Kompetenzverteilung zwischen Polizeibehörden, Nachrichtendiensten und den Streitkräften notwendig? (in German). Frankfurt, M.: Lang. p. 68. ISBN 3631585357.
  4. ↑ "IMK-Vorkonferenz zieht positive Zwischenbilanz für NADIS WN". Verfassungsschutz Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  5. ↑ Matthias Gebauer, Hubert Gude, Veit Medick, Jörg Schindler and Fidelius Schmid. "CIA Worked With BND and BfV In Neuss on Secret Project". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
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