Court orders German ex-spy chief kept in jail after spying, treason arrest
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The arrests of August Hanning dealt an embarrassing blow to Germany as the country tries to expand and improve its intelligence agencies to counter threats from Russia and other adversaries.
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August Hanning served as the head of Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency from 1998 to 2005. According to German media, he is being investigated for allegedly passing on state secrets and working as an agent.
August Hanning served as the head of Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency from 1998 to 2005. According to German media, he is being investigated for allegedly passing on state secrets and working as an agent.
Germany arrested former BND chief August Hanning and a former aide on suspicion of espionage, as prosecutors investigate allegations that classified intelligence was obtained and passed on. Authorities have not publicly identified the country allegedly involved, and the claims remain under investiga…
Germany’s former foreign intelligence chief, August Hanning, was taken into custody as part of an investigation into treason and espionage allegations.
August Hanning served as president of Federal Intelligence Service from 1998 to 2005 Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office has said a former domestic intelligence chief was arrested on Tuesday on espionage allegations.
Story by AP BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office said a former foreign intelligence chief was arrested Tuesday on espionage allegations. August Hanning, 80, served as president of the Federal Intelligence Service, or BND, from December 1998 to November 2005.
The former head of Germany’s top foreign intelligence agency was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of attempted treason and espionage, suspected of selling state secrets to foreign powers. August Hanning, 80, who was the head of Germany’s equivalent to the CIA, the Federal Intelligence Service, from …
The former head of Germany's foreign intelligence service, the BND, has been accused of spying for a foreign country. Never before has a German official of August Hanning's stature been accused of treason.
The former head of Germany's foreign intelligence service, the BND, has been accused of spying for a foreign country. Never before has a German official of August Hanning's stature been accused of treason.
A former German spy chief was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of espionage and treason, an embarrassing case at a time when the country is seeking to broaden the powers of its intelligence agencies. August Hanning, who ran Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency from 1998 to 2005, is accused of espi…
Former German spy chief August Hanning was detained Tuesday on suspicion of treason and espionage after prosecutors accused him of paying for secret intelligence documents and using them to prepare an analysis for a foreign intelligence service, in a case that could strain Berlin’s ties with allied …
BERLIN >> Former German spy chief August Hanning was detained today on suspicion of attempted treason in a case that ranks among Germany’s biggest intelligence scandals since the Cold War.
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