Not-so-fun-fact about our BND here in Germany: It was founded from the "Organisation Gehlen". Mr Gehlen was a spy of the Wehrmacht, in charge of the department "Fremde Heere Ost". He was allowed to fill the ranks of his BND with many other leading nazi perpetrators. His organisation had a recruitment scheme where former nazi networks were hired entirely. Gehlen was sceptical about applications from outsiders. Cover-up of their nazi pasts has been offered as an incentive to the hired ones.