Hans-Georg Maaßen

Forced into immediate early retirement as a result of "unacceptable" statements made during a speech to fellow European intelligence leaders in Oct. 2018. Maaßen criticized in his speech "left-wing radical forces" within the Social Democrats - the junior government coalition partner - and their "idealistic, naive and leftist foreigner and security policies." [Nov. 2018].

I have experienced a lot of German media manipulation and Russian disinformation. But the fact that politicians and media freely invented 'manhunts' or at least spread this false information without checking it was for me a new quality of misinformation in Germany. [from his speech to fellow European intelligence leaders, Oct. 2018]