Whoa. Retired head of the German BND (the country's lead intelligence agency) arrested for allegedly selling classified information to an unspecified foreign government. It appears have been quite the enterprise, involving his purchasing documents from a former underling.
Apparently he was found out because he was in some way caught up in an unrelated kidnapping scheme. Wild.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/world/europe/germany-spy-chief-hanning-arrested-espionage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlE.acl2.gQcmgq73uWe4
Matt Blaze
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