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August Hanning was head of the Federal Intelligence Service of Germany (BND) for seven years. After his retirement in 2005, he received more than 2,000 documents with classified information from a former chief of staff in that office and then leaked them to a foreign government not yet revealed, for which he worked as a consultant, according to the prosecution of the Office. Today, both Hanning and his facilitator are being held on suspicion of espionage and treason.
August Hanning was head of the Federal Intelligence Service of Germany (BND) for seven years. After his retirement in 2005, he received more than 2,000 documents with classified information from a former chief of staff in that office and then leaked them to a foreign government not yet revealed, for which he worked as a consultant, according to the prosecution of the Office. Today, both Hanning and his facilitator are being held on suspicion of espionage and treason.
