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EXCLUSIVE | Leaked emails reveal former German intelligence chief's Mossad links

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Emails obtained by The Cradle show Hanning had business and political ties to former Mossad director Dany Yatom, raising questions about whether Israeli intelligence-linked networks accessed German state secrets

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Former German intelligence chief August Hanning is accused of high treason and espionage for a foreign service after allegedly obtaining around 2,000 classified BND documents and using them in dealings with intelligence officials from an unnamed foreign country. Berlin has not publicly named the recipient, but messages […] The article Espionage case shocks Germany: Leaked messages reveal links between former BND chief August Hanning and former M…

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The Hanning case shakes the German secret services at the highest level and the investigation is moving ahead. On 6 October, August Hanning, BND boss from 1998 to 2005, was arrested. The investigators suspect him of espionage and high treason having sold documents classified as secret to a foreign nation. The Cradle comes from [...] The article Hanning case: the former head of the arrested BND, emails link him to the former boss of the Mossad ap…

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Email correspondence between former German BND head August Hanning and former Mossad director Danny Yatom is making headlines. The report covers a €10,000 intelligence report offer, political contacts before the German elections, business dealings with Israeli cybersecurity companies, and the espionage investigation against Hanning.

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Secret correspondence between August Hanning, the former head of the BND (German Federal Intelligence Service), who was arrested in Germany on espionage charges, and Danny Yatom, the former director of Mossad, has been revealed. The intelligence report, worth 10,000 euros, brought to light political contacts before the German elections and the activities of the two former intelligence chiefs.

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The Cradle broke the news in Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday, October 13, 2026.
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