chancellor and other leaders in her government met to decide the fate of the country's head of intelligence hans-georg mohsen it was a crisis meeting mohsen had become a lightning rod for controversy his actions and words had fueled suspicions that he was not as tough on the country's far right scene as he should be two weeks ago he publicly contradicted the chancellor when he questioned the authenticity of videos purporting to show men chasing foreigners during a violent protest over migrants in the city of chemists almost expected him to resign today but he reportedly refused so today after the crisis meeting we learned that mohsen will no longer be the boss of domestic intelligence he was fired no he was moved to the ministry of the interior where he'll be deputy minister a promotion with a pay raise a crisis