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German civil servant (born 1946)
August Hanning is a former high-ranking German security official and a businessman in the private security consulting sector. From 1998 to 2005, he served as President of Germany's foreign intelligence agency, the Federal Intelligence Service (BND). He was state secretary at the Federal Ministry of the Interior from 2005 to 2009.
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Manfred D, former head of cabinet to ex-intelligence chief August Hanning, was taken into custody on charges of aiding and abetting treason. He is accused of obtaining classified BND documents and pas...
Ex-BND chief Hanning sells 2,000 secrets, shatters allies trust in Germany Court jails ex-BND boss August Hanning as 12-year leak to foreign spies shakes allies confidence
August Hanning, the former head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service BND, was detained on October 6, 2026, accused of espionage for the purpose of treason, illegally obtaining classified documents, and transmitting them to foreign state actors. Just six months earlier, he had become a partner in a military…