German Federal Administrative Court rejects lawsuit to access BND files on Adolf Eichmann (faz.net)

• Historian and journalist loses lawsuit for full access to BND files from 1960.
• Federal Chancellery issues blocking statement; in-camera senate upholds secrecy.
• Lawyer Christoph Partsch criticizes procedure for hindering Nazi crime investigation.
• 2017 amendment to Federal Archives Act allows BND to withhold method-sensitive documents.
• BND invokes third-party rule for intelligence shared with foreign services.

"A historian and journalist failed at the German Federal Administrative Court to gain full access to BND files from 1960 concerning the arrest of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann. The BND had granted only limited access. The Federal Chancellery issued a blocking statement, upheld by an in-camera senate. Lawyer Christoph Partsch criticized the procedure for hindering the investigation of Nazi crimes and undermining legal protection. The court's decision is final."