> It's actually really, really impressive what they've accomplished. You should be proud of it. 

No doubts about that, they are world class. But they are seeking to reduce oversight, and they succeed at that politically. The last government, a (far) right wing coalition of highly ineffective parties and personalities, with Schoof as so-called `neutral` prime minister had laid the ground work. Schoof had been director-general of the NCTV, in his roles he was connected to intelligence services. Unsurprisingly, in the short lifetime of his cabinet he managed to reduce oversight.

This is a moral hazard. Nations should implement a very clear rule: when you have served in the intelligence service community, you cannot partake in politics. The intel branch should be firewalled off from the democratic branches.

A good overview from a big dutch tech site: https://tweakers.net/reviews/15236/aivd-en-mivd-lijken-hun-z...