Left-Extremist Endeavours

Organizational Data
1. Organizational Data pursuant to Section 16, para.
2, of the Federal Act on the Protection of the
Constitution (BVerfSchG)
1.1 Federal Office for the Protection of the
Constitution (BfV)
The BfV subsidy from the federal budget amounted to DM
224,264,345.47 in 1999 (1998: DM 220,508,083.21). The establishment
of the Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV - Federal
Office for the Protection of the Constitution) in 1999 numbered
2,136 (1998: 2,164) staff members.
1.2 Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD)
The MAD subsidy from the federal budget amounted to DM
120,272,00.00 in 1999 (1998: DM 113,287,000,00). The establishment
of Militärischer Abschirmdienst (MAD - Military Counterintelligence
Service) in 1999 numbered 1,250 (1998: 1,250) staff
members.
2. Other Organizational Data
At the beginning of the year 2000, the data holdings of the Federal
Administration (Bund) and the Länder (federal states) in the
Nachrichtendienstliches Informationssystem (NADIS -
Intelligence Information System) totalled 908,328 entries of
personal data (beginning of 1999: 888,776), of which 478,286
entries (52.6 %) were obtained in connection with security checks
(beginning of 1999: 51.8 %).
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