Der Spiegel: August Hanning, fostul șef al BND, arestat pentru trădare, este acuzat că spiona pentru Azerbaidjan

August Hanning, former head of Germany's BND, was arrested for espionage and high treason, allegedly preparing a report for an Azerbaijani intelligence employee. He faces up to ten years in prison. Investigators claim he used secret BND documents, received through a former colleague, to compile the report. Some documents were meant for confidential briefings to the German Chancellor. Hanning's ties to Azerbaijan were known, and he had been involved with the German-Azerbaijani Forum. The case raises serious national security concerns and could be one of BND's worst security failures since the Cold War.