Oct 10, 2026 · 22 min · 16 segments
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After that, he spent four years as a state secretary at the interior ministry, one of the most senior civil service jobs in the country.
Then, from around 2010, he left government behind and went into the private sector, running a security consultancy business.
It's the equivalent of a former director of the CIA, or chief of MI6, being bussed for treason and spying.
That's the scale of what's happening in Germany this week, and the thing is it doesn't just affect Germany.
On Tuesday morning the 6th of October, officers from Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office, the BKA, arrested Hanning, who's now 80 years old, at his home in a small town about 20km northwest of Munster.
On the same morning, officers arrested his former chief of staff, named Manfred Dankesreiter, who lives south of Munich.
Both men were brought before an investigating judge at the Federal Court of Justice and have been remanded in custody.
At the time of this video they haven't yet been charged, they're being held on arrest warrants.
Hanning is under strong suspicion of treasonous espionage, spying out state secrets, attempted treason and acting as an agent for a foreign intelligence service.
After that, he spent four years as a state secretary at the interior ministry, one of the most senior civil service jobs in the country.
Then, from around 2010, he left government behind and went into the private sector, running a security consultancy business.
It's the equivalent of a former director of the CIA, or chief of MI6, being bussed for treason and spying.
That's the scale of what's happening in Germany this week, and the thing is it doesn't just affect Germany.
On Tuesday morning the 6th of October, officers from Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office, the BKA, arrested Hanning, who's now 80 years old, at his home in a small town about 20km northwest of Munster.
On the same morning, officers arrested his former chief of staff, named Manfred Dankesreiter, who lives south of Munich.
Both men were brought before an investigating judge at the Federal Court of Justice and have been remanded in custody.
At the time of this video they haven't yet been charged, they're being held on arrest warrants.
Hanning is under strong suspicion of treasonous espionage, spying out state secrets, attempted treason and acting as an agent for a foreign intelligence service.
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