Summononed to testify before the first Bundestag ( i.e. national parliamentary ) committee of enquiry into the National Socialist Underground murders , Roewer was asked about an invoice that had been found for a payment to someone identified as " V-Mann Günther " ( '' " trusted informant Günther " '' ) Instead of attempting to answer the committee member 's question , Roewer replied " Was geht Sie das an ? " ( '' loosely " What business is that of yours ? " '' ) There had in fact been several payments to " V-Mann Günther " , and Roewer 's dismissive reaction on being quizzed about the matter encouraged speculation that he could have had reasons of his own for apparently holding back from giving direct answers on the topic . He told the committee that attempts had been made by the service during his time in charge of it to organise false passports for Uwe Böhnhardt , Uwe Mundlos and Beate Zschäpe in order to have them arrested as they left Germany . These three were the terrorist suspects whose allegedly murderous activities during the first decade of the twenty-first century had triggered the parliamentary enquiry . Roewer 's testimony that Thuringian " Verfassungsschutz " officers had engaged in drinking sessions with right-wing extremists in order to extract information from them failed to impress his questioners or media commentators . Roewer nevertheless strongly rejected suggestions that he had become a protector for the NSU suspects . Roewer had originally declined to appear before the committee of enquiry because he was ill . When the committee demanded a medical certificate , he turned up to the hearings , but armed with a certificate from a doctor indicating that he needed a fifteen-minute break every 30-45 minutes . In the end he testified without those regular breaks . His relationship with the committee evidently remained starkly confrontational , however . The committee chairman , Sebastian Edathy went on record with the opinion that Roewer 's memory lapses in response to questioning were " simply not believable " ( '' " schlicht nicht glaubwürdig " '' )
NSU suspects
National Socialist Underground murders
Helmut Roewer