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Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has the job of combating dangers to the country’s security and democracy, which also involves monitoring extreme right-wing and left-wing groups. But the body has recently come under increasing criticism for failing to detect a right-wing terror cell while at the same time spying on politicians from the Left Party.