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FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2017 file photo Hans-Georg Maassen, head of the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, arrives for a public hearing at the parliamentary control committee of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin. A saga over Germany’s outgoing domestic intelligence chief that hurt the country’s government has taken a new twist, with his move to another job apparently in danger. German news agency dpa reported that Maassen assailed in a farewell speech what he described as radical left-wing forces in the Social Democrats, and German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer is now considering whether to dismiss him or send him into retirement. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)

German domestic spy chief won’t get new government job

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FILE -- In this Thursday, April 14, 2016 photo, from left, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Horst Seehofer, Chairman of the German Christian Social Union and Andrea Nahles, Chairwomen of the German Social Democrats, address the media during a press conference in Berlin. The leaders of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition were trying Sunday to resolve a standoff over the future of the country's domestic intelligence chief and stabilize their six-month-old alliance. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

German government reaches deal to solve spy chief dispute

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

FILE -- In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018 photo Hans-Georg Maassen, left, head of the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, and German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, right, shake hands as they arrive for a hearing at the home affairs committee of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany. The leaders of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition were trying Sunday to resolve a standoff over the future of the country's domestic intelligence chief and stabilize their six-month-old alliance. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

The Latest: German coalition reaches deal on spy chief

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FILE-- In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018 photo Hans-Georg Maassen, center, head of the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, waits for the beginning of a hearing at the home affairs committee of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany. The leaders of Germany's three governing parties are meeting in Berlin on Tuesday to decide the fate of the country's domestic intelligence chief amid calls for him to be fired over his approach to far-right extremism. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)

Top German spy ousted after clash with Merkel over migrants

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Hans-Georg Maassen, left, head of the German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, and German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, right, arrive for a hearing at the home affairs committee of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Merkel partners call for removal of German spy chief

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

In this June 11, 2013, file picture, the president of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Hans-Georg Maassen attends a press conference in Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo/dpa,Stephanie Pilick,File)

Russia likely behind cyberattack against German government computers: Intel chief

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Refugees have a hot soup on the arrival at the transit center for refugees near northern Macedonian village of Tabanovce, before continuing their journey to Serbia, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016. Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia, the countries on the so-called Balkan migrant corridor that starts in Greece, are only letting in people whose stated final destination is Germany or Austria. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

German spy agency received 100 tip-offs of ISIS fighters among refugees

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

German soccer fans watch a July 2014 World Cup match in Berlin. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

German women drawn to Islamic State’s ‘increased appeal,’ intelligence head says

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times