“Operation Doctor” – that’s what Egisto Ott calls the “top secret operation” he speaks about in court. A mission so sensitive that it was only known to a small circle. But in the chamber of the Vienna Regional Criminal Court, this alleged secret operation remains a phantom even after four days of trial. Witness after witness from the former Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Combating Terrorism (BVT) is interviewed – no one remembers such an operation, no one confirms its existence.