German General disfellowshipped from NATO

On the face of the North Atlantic alliance and on social networks, everything is both the top officers of the other allies and this German general in high positions in NATO. But, in fact, since December last year, he is not in Brussels, and it is certain he will not return there anymore.

According to investigation by WDR journalists and the newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, this top German officer is “removed from duty” at NATO headquarters because of “reasonable differences” that he violated secret rules in this military body. After leaving, any access to NATO documents has been denied, reports utschewelle.

German media do not mention the name of the general accused of carelessness, but the name of Major General Igo Gerhartz has been drawn back when Russians “invaded” an internet conference with four top German military aviation officers last year.

Journalists find that the security service at NATO headquarters has found that the German general has easily obtained confidential and confidential documents that had access. It seems that many documents that were labeled as “confidential secret” have stayed scattered in the general's office.

Even though NATO and the German Defence Ministry are saying General “has been ordered to return to Germany, the German Office for Military Counter-Syspiration (BAMAD) has acknowledged that he is handling this issue, but that “has no indication” that these secret documents should be passed on to a foreign power.

In other words, Berlin and Brussels seem to want this reckless announcement from the German officer to pass as soon as possible: the ministry has become aware that the general has been called back home and that he will be retired early by the end of this month. That also means there cannot be a military disciplinary procedure against this general, whose name is not mentioned in German media.

It was another situation in February 2024 when Russia released a video of a conference of four senior German military aviation officers for the Taurus missiles for Ukraine. The commander of Luftwaffe, Igo Gerhartz, also attended that conference, and as confirmed, one of the conference participants was connected through an uncertain network at a hotel in Singapore.

At that time, the state prosecution also launched proceedings against German officers, which were still suspended because it was not determined “intended to reveal secrets” among conference participants. However, two conference participants were fined “in the quarterly sum” by the military command for noncommunication with communication safety regulations. /Telegraph/