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Ex-spy chief is arrested in Germany on suspicion of trading state secrets and treason

Published by NPR World By The Associated Press · 6 October 2026 at 14:31
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Ex-spy chief is arrested in Germany on suspicion of trading state secrets and treason
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A former head of Germany 's foreign intelligence service was arrested on suspicion that he had passed state secrets to a foreign intelligence service, the federal prosecutor's office said.

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