August Hanning, who led Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND) between 1998 and 2005, was arrested on 6 October on allegations that he obtained roughly 2,000 classified agency documents and used them during contacts with intelligence officers from a foreign state. Accused of high treason and espionage on behalf of a foreign intelligence agency, the former … Continue reading Ex-BND head Hanning tied to former Mossad chief amid spy inquiry