MI6 is rushing to sift through 16 years of work: the arrest of Germany’s former intelligence chief has triggered a review within the British intelligence services.

MI6 and the Government Communications Headquarters have begun a large-scale review of all confidential information passed to European allies over the past 16 years, The Telegraph reports. Particular attention is being paid to protecting sources that may have been put at risk by a possible leak.

❗️According to the investigation, since 2022, former German intelligence chief August Hanning received around 2,000 classified documents, including briefings for meetings at the Chancellor’s Office on intelligence and security issues, as well as information on Iran’s nuclear program and the Russian army, including data obtained from foreign partners. Hanning is suspected of using this information in contacts with a foreign agent and in preparing an analytical report for a foreign intelligence service.

❗️Hanning headed Germany’s foreign intelligence service from 1998 to 2005. He was arrested on October 6 on suspicion of espionage.

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