Traube was originally a proponent of nuclear power , but the report of the Club of Rome , '' The Limits to Growth '' , in 1972 made him slowly change his view . As a result , he had contacts with the student movement in Germany , which at that time was slowly becoming more militant . He was also alleged to have contacts with sympathisers of the Red Army Fraction . The BfV therefore started to monitor him intensively . He was suspected of passing secret information to people sympathising with terrorism . In a covert operation called " Operation Müll " ( " operation rubbish " ) , the BND in 1975 planted a number of wiretaps in Traube 's apartment . They also later informed his employer who , as a result , fired him . This illegal operation was uncovered in 1977 by the newspaper '' Der Spiegel '' and led to the dismissal of the then minister of the interior Werner Maihofer one year later . Traube was cleared of all charges . The Three Mile Island accident in 1979 finally transformed him into an open opponent of nuclear power
Three Mile Island accident
Three Mile Island accident
Klaus Traube