>prosecutor's office has not yet identified the foreign service he's suspected of working for, Israel

Israel…who would have thought Israel would be involved?

Germany's Former Spy Chief Arrested In Biggest Espionage Scandal Of The Century

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by Tyler Durden

Tuesday, Oct 06, 2026 - 12:00 PM

August Hanning, former head of the German BND foreign intelligence agency, which is Germany's equivalent of the CIA, has been arrested on espionage charges in a shocking and unprecedented situation in which a country's top intelligence officer and head of a national spy agency was caught spying for another state.

The 80-year-old faces formal charges including "treasonous espionage, spying out state secrets, attempted treason, and espionage" - according to German media. While an official statement from the prosecutor's office has not yet identified the foreign service he's suspected of working for, Israel has been widely named, also given this past well-documented associations and links.

more:

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/germanys-former-spy-chief-arrested-biggest-espionage-scandal-century