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Oct 9, 2026 18 min

547 | Germany's Former Spy Chief Arrested

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August Hanning, the former head of the BND, Germany's Foreign Intelligence Service was arrested this week on espionage charges. He's accused of being linked to the foreign intelligence service of Azerbaijan, which is thought to be very close to Russian intelligence. Former CIA undercover officer Robert Baer says it is "the biggest espionage scandal in memory."

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