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epa06245539 The Presidents of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Hans-Georg Maassen (C), of the Federal Intelligence Service (Bundesnachrichtendienst, BND), Bruno Kahl (R) and of the Military Counterintelligence Service, (Militaerischer Abschirmdienst, MAD), Christof Gramm (L) arrive for the first public hearing of the three German intelligence agencies by a parliamentary control committee, in Berlin, Germany, 05 October 2017. The regular meetings usually take place behind closed doors but a parliamentary reform decided to make one of these meetings public once a year. The agencies responded to the questions of the parliamentary board and issues like counter terrorism or cyber espionage. EPA/FELIPE TRUEBA