A former German spy chief was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of espionage and treason, an embarrassing case at a time when the country is seeking to broaden the powers of its intelligence agencies. August Hanning, who ran Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency from 1998 to 2005, is accused of esp»»»

Tina GerhäusserOmid Nouripour is a lawmaker from Germany's Greens and a vice-president of the German parliament. DW's Christina Gerhäusser asked him for his reaction to the arrest of former spy chief August Hanning. https://p.dw.com/p/5NrR1AdvertisementGerman prosecutors have arrested former intell»»»

Germany's former top spy has been arrested over espionage allegations and is accused of seeking to pass sensitive information to overseas intelligence services. August Hanning, who ran Germany's BND intelligence agency between 1998 and 2005, is suspected of charges including 'attempted treason' and»»»

BERLIN: Germany’s former foreign spy chief was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of espionage, accused of seeking to pass sensitive information to overseas intelligence services, prosecutors said. August Hanning, who ran Germany’s BND intelligence agency between 1998 and 2005, is suspected of charges i»»»