German Officials Arrest Former Spy Chief on Espionage Charges NYT - Home Page By: Jim Tankersley 6 October 2026 at 12:49 August Hanning is accused of helping foreign governments. His arrest shook the German political world and had roots in a steakhouse-heiress kidnapping plot. © Abdelhak Senna/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesAugust Hanning in 2007, after he left the German intelligence service.
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