The assertion that the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution in Germany is a neutral institution seems like a beautiful illusion that crumbles upon closer examination. It turns out that the views and reports expressed by this office are primarily shaped by the directives of political decision-makers and bodies. This situation reaches a bitter climax when an Interior Minister uses the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution to suppress press freedom and other opinions on crucial topics. Such deployment of this office against the Constitution and free speech is alarming. The “Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution” is being misused to curtail constitutional rights. A society must be assured that its intelligence services act neutrally; otherwise, democracy suffers, like a tree whose roots have been severed.