Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
10%
2 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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not political
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MI6 has launched a probe into whether state secrets were leaked after a former top spy in Germany was arrested.
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spy → launch → Germany
Secret services across the West were shaken yesterday after August Hanning, who ran Germany’s BND intelligence agency between 1998 and 2005, was arrested on charges including ‘attempted treason’ and ‘espionage’.
The damning allegations mark the biggest intelligence scandal in Germany since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War.
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allegations → shake → War
It is understood that Mr Hanning handled top secret information from other agencies abroad making it possible that British intelligence had been compromised.
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intelligence → understand → agencies
This has sparked widespread concerns among spies that sources, such as agents or informants operating in the field, could be identified through information that had been shared.
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that → spark → information
And now, MI6 and GCHQ are understood to be carrying out a systematic internal review of all sensitive information shared with European allies during the relevant period.
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MI6 → understand → period
The Daily Telegraph reported that the agencies are looking to safeguard sources who may have been put at risk by the alleged leak.
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who → report → leak
Prosecutors in Germany have accused Mr Hanning of paying for secret documents and using them in an analysis for a foreign spy service.
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Prosecutors → accuse → service
They did not identify the intelligence service and it was not immediately clear whether the analysis reached its intended recipient.
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analysis → identify → recipient
Pictured: August Hanning who ran Germany’s BND intelligence agency between 1998 and 2005, and was arrested on charges including ‘attempted treason’ and ‘espionage’.
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who → picture → treason
MI6 and GCHQ are understood to be carrying out a systematic internal review of all sensitive information shared with European allies during the relevant period.
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MI6 → understand → period
‘Hanning is strongly suspected of treasonous espionage, obtaining state secrets, attempted treason and espionage,’ the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
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office → suspect → statement
The Spiegel news magazine reported late on Tuesday that investigators were pursuing a possible connection to Azerbaijan.
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investigators → report → Azerbaijan
It reported Mr Hanning had been in contact with an agent from the country.
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Hanning → report → country
Mr Hanning’s former chief of staff, partially named as Manfred D., was also arrested on suspicion of ‘aiding and abetting attempted treason and treasonous espionage’.
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chief → name → treason
Premises linked to both men are being searched in several locations including Berlin.
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Premises → link → Berlin
Prosecutors said Manfred D. also served as the chief of staff for Mr Hanning’s successors between 2012 and 2026.
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D. → say → 2012
They allege that he used this role to gain access to confidential information which he then passed on to Mr Hanning ‘in exchange for remuneration’.
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he → allege → remuneration
This includes around 2,000 documents that contained top secret material.
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that → include → material
Prosecutors said: ‘The current findings suggest that, over the years, Manfred D. provided Hanning with approximately 2,000 documents, many of which contained classified information to be used exclusively by the Federal Intelligence Service for internal purposes.’
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many → say → purposes
They further allege that ‘on one occasion, Hanning used classified intelligence... to draft an analysis for an officer of a foreign intelligence service’, although it is not clear if ‘the material reached the intended recipient’.
Mr Hanning is also accused of being ‘in close contact with a representative of another foreign intelligence service, to whom he passed on political information, partially based on material provided by Manfred D., for several years’.
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he → allege → years
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