06 December 2019
"An audit report of the "Club de Berne" finds serious deficiencies in the Austrian domestic intelligence service. Its IT systems were not approved for secret information. The authority should also ensure that it is not infiltrated by "extremist organisations“.
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Secret document: "Club de Berne" criticises member in Austria for possible extremism (link):
The Austrian Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the Fight against Terrorism (BVT) is regarded as a security gap for European intelligence cooperation. This is the conclusion reached by the European "Club de Berne" in an audit report. The The document classified as "secret" was leaked to the daily newspaper "Österreich" and published."
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