Germany is shocked by a massive spying scandal involving the former head of its foreign intelligence agency, the BND.
August Hanning headed the spying agency from 1998 to 2005 but was illegally provided about 2,000 documents, some classified, by a paid BND informant, according to the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office.
‘Hanning is strongly suspected of treasonous espionage, obtaining state secrets, attempted treason and espionage.’
The stunning allegations constitute the greatest spying breach since the end of the Cold War, according to Politico.
Hanning is accused of using the documents in order to compile an analysis for a foreign spy service.
The foreign country involved was not identified, and it is unclear whether it ever received that analysis.
Hanning also allegedly provided political information to a representative of the foreign spy agency.
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