More than five years after the raid on the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the Fight against Terrorism (BVT), which led to the reorganization of state security, the former director speaks out – and criticizes Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP).
Namely due to the fact that he described the raid in May 2018 in a broadcast as “obviously aligned and aligned with the new People’s Party”. “I would have liked more support,” said Gridling in an interview with ORF “ZiB2.”
“FPÖ wanted to ‘clean up'”
For the former head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the Fight against Terrorism (BVT), it is the first public appearance in a long time, as he left the events surrounding the raid largely unanswered. “It is clear today – and this is clear from many documents now – that it was not a mistake.
The FPÖ planned to ‘clean up’, the ÖVP let them do it and the WKStA let it go,” Gridling said in an interview with “Falter” (online) on Friday.
Gridling wants to put work in the right light
Gridling describes the events surrounding the raid in more detail in his book Surprise Attack, due out next week. This is “a way of putting the work of the employees in the right light”, since “at the time the impression was created that the BVT is a corrupt organization” that has remained unchallenged to this day.
Source: Krone
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