German intelligence has a long history of treating reporters as sources, and sometimes as assets. This film examines how the line between journalist and agent gets crossed, starting with Lars Petersen, head of investigative reporting at Business Insider, who explains how exchanges with intelligence contacts actually work and where the ethics break down. It revisits the 2005 scandal that revealed the BND had systematically monitored German journalists through the 1990s, targeting those who reported critically on the agency, and the 2006 Schäfer report that exposed years of surveillance aimed at catching leakers inside the service. Former BND agent turned journalist Wilhelm Dietl opens his personal archive at home and describes his double life. Andreas Förster, who was surveilled by the BND and helped trigger the Schäfer investigation, and intelligence expert Erich Schmidt-Eenboom add outside perspective, while the BND itself responds on camera. The film lays out a system where information flows both ways, and asks who really controls it.