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Ex-spy chief is arrested in Germany on suspicion of trading state secrets and treason
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A former head of Germany 's foreign intelligence service was arrested on suspicion that he had passed state secrets to a foreign intelligence service, the federal prosecutor's office said. (Image credit: Michael Kappeler)
A former head of Germany 's foreign intelligence service was arrested on suspicion that he had passed state secrets to a foreign intelligence service, the federal prosecutor's office said. (Image credit: Michael Kappeler)
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