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 "title": "Former BND President August Hanning Held on Suspicion of Attempted Treason",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/august-hanning-former-bnd-president-arrested-attempted-treason-2000-documents/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/august-hanning-former-bnd-president-arrested-attempted-treason-2000-documents/",
 "type": "article",
 "published": "2026-10-06T20:45:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-08T20:46:05.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKarlsruhe, 6 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Federal Criminal Police officers arrested August Hanning, president of the Bundesnachrichtendienst from December 1998 to November 2005, on 6 October on warrants from the Federal Court of Justice; the federal prosecutor general suspects him of treasonous espionage, gathering state secrets, attempted treason and agent activity for a foreign intelligence service\n * Manfred D., his former office head, who ran the office of several later BND pr",
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