️🇩🇪 DW: Germany's former spy chief, August Henning, was arrested on suspicion of espionage.

️🇩🇪 DW: Germany's former spy chief, August Henning, was arrested on suspicion of espionage.

Henning served as head of the BND foreign intelligence agency from 1998 to 2005.

The federal prosecutor's office said he faces charges of espionage against the state, disclosure of state secrets, attempted treason and working as a Secret Service agent.

A former senior BND employee, identified only as Manfred D., was also arrested on suspicion of providing Henning with hundreds of classified documents in exchange for money for more than a decade. During Hanning's tenure, Manfred IV served as his chief of staff.