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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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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· Oct 6, 7:27 AMEx-spy chief is arrested in Germany on suspicion of trading state secrets and treasonAlso ran in ABC17News.com, Cable News Network, HuffPost, KRDO, NPR, New York Post, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Ex-spy chief arrested in Germany on suspicion of trading state secrets, treason : NPRA former head of Germany 's foreign intelligence service was arrested on suspicion that he had passed state secrets to a foreign intelligence service, the federal prosecutor's office said.

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