Ex-German spy chief arrested for espionage
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The former German intelligence chief August Hanning has been arrested on allegations of espionage. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe] He was head of the Federal Intelligence Service from 1998 to 2005 and prosecutors said he was "suspected of spying out state secrets and attempted treason." His former aide, identified only as Manfred D, was also arrested in western Germany. It has not been made clear who the two men were suspected of spying for. ------- Get more news at our site - https://www.channel4.com/news/ Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https://channel4news.substack.com/subscribe Follow us: TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/channel4news/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Channel4News Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/
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