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It extensively penetrated [[West Germany|West Germany's]] governing circles and military and intelligence services. The discovery in April 1974 that Günter Guillaume, a top aide to West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, was in fact an East German spy led Mr Brandt's resignation two weeks later.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/09/99/britain_betrayed/451031.stm ''Fearsome Stasi held nation in its grip''] [[BBC|BBC News]] 20 September, 1999. Accessed 30 January 2008</ref> The head of the Stasi's foreign intelligence division, '''Markus Wolf''', claimed that the [[CIA]] asked him to defect to the [[United States|US]] when the Wall fell, with the offer of a home in [[California]] and a "big salary".<ref> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6131584.stm ''Stasi spy chief Markus Wolf dies''] [[BBC|BBC News]] 9 November 2006. Accessed 30 January 2008</ref>
It extensively penetrated [[West Germany|West Germany's]] governing circles and military and intelligence services. The discovery in April 1974 that Günter Guillaume, a top aide to West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, was in fact an East German spy led Mr Brandt's resignation two weeks later.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/09/99/britain_betrayed/451031.stm ''Fearsome Stasi held nation in its grip''] [[BBC|BBC News]] 20 September, 1999. Accessed 30 January 2008</ref> The head of the Stasi's foreign intelligence division, '''Markus Wolf''', claimed that the [[CIA]] asked him to defect to the [[United States|US]] when the Wall fell, with the offer of a home in [[California]] and a "big salary".<ref> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6131584.stm ''Stasi spy chief Markus Wolf dies''] [[BBC|BBC News]] 9 November 2006. Accessed 30 January 2008</ref>
[[Image:Geruchsproben.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Scent samples now stored in the Stasimuseum]]
[[Image:Geruchsproben.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Scent samples now stored in the Stasimuseum]]
==Espionage activities against the west==
Americans [[Kurt Stand]] and Teresa Squillacote, were arrested and convicted for in accordance with U.S. law on delivering classified government material to the Stasi. Mrs. Squillacote, worked at that time in the [[Pentagon]].<ref>http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:JMTDd6yoCAEJ:se2.isn.ch/serviceengine/FileContent%3FserviceID%3D12%26fileid%3D612CAF70-74AC-5C75-C8BF-5A19D04ADEFB%26lng%3Dde+kurt+stand%2Bstasi&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us Stasi Files: Espionage Against the West, Bernd Schaefer.</ref> Stand is a member of [[Democratic Socialists of America]].
==See also==
==See also==
*[[ECHELON]]
*[[ECHELON]]