Klaus-Dieter Matschke, a former senior detective and owner of the Frankfurt-based company KDM Sicherheitsconsulting, was involved in setting up the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Saxony-Anhalt.
[citation needed] Since January 12, 2021, the authority has classified the state association of the Alternative for Germany party as a suspected case, which in principle allows the use of intelligence resources within the framework of the legal requirements, such as the principle of proportionality.
The state government must inform the Parliamentary Control Committee comprehensively about the general activities of the Saxony-Anhalt Office for the Protection of the Constitution and about events of particular importance.
The Parliamentary Control Committee, which consists of five members of the State Parliament, meets at least quarterly.
[citation needed] With regard to measures under the Act on the Restriction of the Secrecy of Letters, Posts and Telecommunications (Act on Article 10 of the Basic Law) and the exercise of special powers to obtain information under Section 17a of the Constitutional Protection Act-LSA, control is carried out by a G 10 Commission specially appointed for this purpose by the Parliamentary Control Committee.