Ex-German Intelligence Chief Arrested for Selling 2,000 State Secrets

August Hanning, a former head of Germany’s top intelligence agency responsible for the country’s frontline security, was arrested on suspicion of selling state secrets to a foreign intelligence agency. As evidence of laxly leaked top-tier classified information shared by allied nations continues to surface, Germany—a nation long celebrated as a “spy powerhouse” with a robust reputation in the international community—now faces a crisis of trust. The dire situat