Maaßen at a Bundestag meeting earlier in September. Photo: DPA The German government said Tuesday it was relieving controversial spy chief Hans-Georg Maaßen of his duties and moving him to a different post, defusing a row that had rocked Chancellor Angela Merkel’s fragile coalition. “Mr Maaßen will become state secretary in the interior ministry,” Merkel … Continue reading German spy chief Maaßen removed from his post