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German spy chief arrested for treason
MEE staff · Middle East Eye
Published 7 Oct 2026, 5:38 am·20 h ago·1 min read
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German spy chief arrested for treason Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 10/06/2026 - 18:50 August Hanning, who ran Germany's foreign intelligence service, had extensive links to Israeli intelligence Then-German Interior Secretary of State August Hanning attends a press briefing in Rabat, Morocco, on 3 July 2007 (Abdelhak Senna/AFP) Off Germany’s former spy chief was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of passing sensitive information to foreign powers, in a case that could be the biggest spy scandal in Europe since the Cold War. August Hanning, who ran Germany' s BND foreign intelligence agency…
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