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|wikipedia=https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ahrenkiel | |wikipedia=https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ahrenkiel | ||
| − | | | + | |description=Double Bilderberg Danish govt spook, [[Director of Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste]]. Suspended in 2020 for spying on the Danish Intelligence Supervision Commission on behalf of the [[NSA]]. |
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|image=Thomas Ahrenkiel.jpg | |image=Thomas Ahrenkiel.jpg | ||
|birth_name=Thomas Ahrenkiel | |birth_name=Thomas Ahrenkiel | ||
| + | |alma_mater=University of Copenhagen | ||
|birth_date=October 19, 1967 | |birth_date=October 19, 1967 | ||
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|death_date= | |death_date= | ||
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| + | |title=Danish Defence Intelligence Service/Chief | ||
| + | |start=1. September 2010 | ||
| + | |end=2015}} | ||
| + | }}'''Thomas Ahrenkiel''' is a Danish spook who was leader of the [[Danish Defence Intelligence Service]]. He attended two Bilderberg meetings in [[Bilderberg/2015|2015]] and [[Bilderberg/2016|2016]]. | ||
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| + | In August 2020, Ahrenkiel was sent home (with pay) after the Danish Intelligence Supervision Commission charged him and 3 others with spying on the supervisory commission members; and withholding or lying about key and crucial information of other criminal activity, including illegal cooperation between the [[Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste|Defence Intelligence Service]] and the [[NSA]] to bug Danish fibre optic cables and unjustified collection of data from Danish citizens<ref>http://kpnet.dk/2020/08/25/whistleblower-anklager-fe-for-at-bryde-loven-bovlamt-tilsyn-blev-foert-bag-lyset-i-5-aar/</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Education== | ||
| + | He received a degree from the [[University of Copenhagen]]. | ||
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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
| − | + | Ahrenkiel worked for the Foreign Service, including as a Ministerial Counselor in the Prime Minister's Office and as an Embassy Secretary to [[EU]] and [[NATO]] in [[Brussels]]. | |
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| + | From 2010 until 2015 he was Chief of the [[Danish Defence Intelligence Service]] (FE). | ||
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| + | From 2015 until 2020 he was departmental leader in the ministry of defense. | ||
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| + | In 2020 the Intelligence Services Authority finished an investigation of the Defence Intelligence Service on the basis of material submitted by one or more [[whistleblowers]]. It concluded that<ref name=kpnet>https://kpnet.dk/2020/08/25/whistleblower-anklager-fe-for-at-bryde-loven-bovlamt-tilsyn-blev-foert-bag-lyset-i-5-aar/</ref> | ||
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| + | *Several times since the establishment of the authority in 2014 and until the summer of 2020 – in connection with, among other things, the authority's specific checks and meetings with the head of the authority – the Defence Intelligence Service (FE) has withheld key and crucial information for the authority and provided the authority with incorrect information on matters relating to the service's collection and disclosure of information.<ref name=kpnet/> | ||
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| + | *That at key parts of the FEs collection capacities there are risks that unjustified collection can be made against Danish citizens.<ref name=kpnet/> | ||
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| + | *That the submitted material indicates that FEs management has failed to follow up on or further investigate indications of espionage within the Ministry of Defence (implied by the [[NSA]]/[[CIA]]).<ref name=kpnet/> | ||
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| + | *That an inappropriate culture of extra-legality exists in FE's management and parts of the service.<ref name=kpnet/> | ||
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| + | *That the submitted material indicates that prior to the authority's establishment in [[2014]], FE initiated operational activities in violation of Danish law, including by obtaining and disclosing a significant amount of information about Danish citizens.<ref name=kpnet/> | ||
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{{SMWDocs}} | {{SMWDocs}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| Born | Thomas Ahrenkiel October 19, 1967 | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Danish | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Copenhagen | |||||||||||
| Member of | Banned from Russia 2015 | |||||||||||
Double Bilderberg Danish govt spook, Director of Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste. Suspended in 2020 for spying on the Danish Intelligence Supervision Commission on behalf of the NSA.
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Thomas Ahrenkiel is a Danish spook who was leader of the Danish Defence Intelligence Service. He attended two Bilderberg meetings in 2015 and 2016.
In August 2020, Ahrenkiel was sent home (with pay) after the Danish Intelligence Supervision Commission charged him and 3 others with spying on the supervisory commission members; and withholding or lying about key and crucial information of other criminal activity, including illegal cooperation between the Defence Intelligence Service and the NSA to bug Danish fibre optic cables and unjustified collection of data from Danish citizens[1]
Education
He received a degree from the University of Copenhagen.
Career
Ahrenkiel worked for the Foreign Service, including as a Ministerial Counselor in the Prime Minister's Office and as an Embassy Secretary to EU and NATO in Brussels.
From 2010 until 2015 he was Chief of the Danish Defence Intelligence Service (FE).
From 2015 until 2020 he was departmental leader in the ministry of defense.
In 2020 the Intelligence Services Authority finished an investigation of the Defence Intelligence Service on the basis of material submitted by one or more whistleblowers. It concluded that[2]
- Several times since the establishment of the authority in 2014 and until the summer of 2020 – in connection with, among other things, the authority's specific checks and meetings with the head of the authority – the Defence Intelligence Service (FE) has withheld key and crucial information for the authority and provided the authority with incorrect information on matters relating to the service's collection and disclosure of information.[2]
- That at key parts of the FEs collection capacities there are risks that unjustified collection can be made against Danish citizens.[2]
- That the submitted material indicates that FEs management has failed to follow up on or further investigate indications of espionage within the Ministry of Defence (implied by the NSA/CIA).[2]
- That an inappropriate culture of extra-legality exists in FE's management and parts of the service.[2]
- That the submitted material indicates that prior to the authority's establishment in 2014, FE initiated operational activities in violation of Danish law, including by obtaining and disclosing a significant amount of information about Danish citizens.[2]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2015 | 11 June 2015 | 14 June 2015 | Austria Telfs-Buchen | The 63rd meeting, 128 Bilderbergers met in Austria |
| Bilderberg/2016 | 9 June 2016 | 12 June 2016 | Germany Dresden | The 2016 Bilderberg meeting took place in Dresden, Germany. |
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