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Ex-spy chief is arrested in Germany on suspicion of trading state secrets and treason

BERLIN — A former head of Germany ‘s foreign intelligence service was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion that he had passed state secrets to a foreign intelligence service, the federal prosecutor’s office said. August Hanning, who led the Federal Intelligence Service, known by its German acronym BND, from 1998 to

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Ex-spy chief is arrested in Germany on suspicion of trading state secrets and treasonGermany's federal prosecutor's office says a former foreign intelligence chief has been arrested on suspicion of espionage. August Hanning, who led the Federal Intelligence Service from 1998 to 2005, faces charges of treasonous espionage and spying out state secrets. He was arrested Tuesday in southern Germany. A former aide, identified as Manfred D.,…
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