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 | | As a consequence of the affair's mismanagement, German officials created the GSG 9 under the leadership of then Lieutenant Colonel Ulrich Wegener so that similar situations in the future could be responded to adequately and professionally. |
 | | The Federal Police of Germany (and thus the GSG 9) is under the control of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. |
 | | In contrast, regular police are responsible to the various States or Länder, as are Spezialeinsatzkommandos (SEK) (German equivalent of SWAT), while the military is responsible for the Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK) (Special Forces command) and the Kampfschwimmer (German Navy combat swimmers). |
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