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by tpmx 2122 days ago
I have no idea (I'm Swedish, not Danish) what all of this is about. That's why I'm asking. I don't like what you're implying.
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Well, the article says that they are accused of spying on danish citizens and providing the results to foreign entities without authorization or legal base. You ask what were the targets implying that it matters and some "targets" are not as equal as others. Sorry if I've gotten you wrong.
I checked https://www.reddit.com/r/Denmark/comments/ifkfsi/tre_ledende... - seems like noone really understands what's going on. Internal drama?
If you can read Danish you see what information the public have been given here https://www.tet.dk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/PRESSEMEDDELEL...

Here are the points I think are highlights:

> That FE has on several occasions since the Authority's establishment in 2014 and until the summer of 2020 - in connection with, among other things, the Authority's specific inspections and meetings with the head of FE - has withheld key and crucial information for the Authority and given the Authority incorrect information about the service's collection and disclosure.

> That there is an inappropriate culture of legality in FE's management and parts of the service, where the service's possible unjustified activities or inappropriate circumstances are shelved, including by failing to inform the supervisory authority of matters relevant to its control.

> The submitted material indicates that FE, prior to the establishment of the Authority in 2014, has initiated operational activities in violation of Danish law, including by obtaining and passing on a significant amount of information about Danish citizens.

> That FE has unjustifiably processed information about an employee in the supervision. (TET)