Germany’s intelligence establishment is facing an extraordinary scandal, and the potential consequences could extend far beyond Berlin.
For years, German leaders dismissed President Donald Trump’s warnings about the country’s dangerous dependence on Russia. Now, a separate controversy involving one of Germany’s former intelligence chiefs has raised troubling questions about how Berlin protects sensitive information.
August Hanning, the 80-year-old former head of Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, has been arrested amid allegations that he secretly obtained thousands of classified documents from a longtime insider.
