German Defense Minister <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Thomas+de+Maiziere&family=editorial&specificpeople=618845 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Thomas de Maiziere</a> speaks to the media as he visits the German Military Counter-Intelligence Service (MAD) on February 6, 2013 in Cologne, Germany. Defense Minister <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Thomas+de+Maiziere&family=editorial&specificpeople=618845 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Thomas de Maiziere</a> has rejected calls to shut down the Counter-Intelligence Agency despite fierce criticism from Ministers, following an investigation carried out by the Bundestag, for withholding information surrounding their recruitment of the NSU neo-Nazi terrorist Uwe Mundlos.