In addition to the criminal investigations, the exact circumstances must be clarified, and a contribution must be made to address structural and organizational deficiencies. The chairman of the Parliamentary Control Committee, Marc Henrichmann (50, CDU), announces to BILD that he will "immediately" conduct a special audit at the BND ("ad-hoc audit"). #Geheimdienstskandal #BND #Spionage (translated)
The former president of the Federal Intelligence Service, August Hanning, is in pretrial detention on suspicion of treason and espionage after confidential BND documents were discovered during a search, which were possibly intended to be sold to foreign powers. #Geheimdienstskandal #BND #Spionage (translated)
After a serious intelligence scandal in which the former BND President August Hanning and his office manager are suspected of having sold secret information to Azerbaijan, foreign intelligence services, especially the British and Americans, are concerned about the safety of their agents and are now carefully reviewing potentially affected data. #Spionage #Geheimdienst #BND (translated)
