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Denmark's secret service in turmoil

2022-01-14T18:05:50.527Z


After the head of external services, a former defense minister has just been charged. They are accused of having disclosed information.


Copenhagen

In these early days of January 2022, Danish intelligence services publicly communicated their concerns, warning that

"a number of foreign states are actively carrying out intelligence activities against Denmark 

, and even that

"the threat of espionage has increased in recent years

. The report, which mainly targeted Russia and China, was leaked as Defense Foreign Intelligence (FE) boss Lars Findsen is accused of leaking top-secret information to the media. On January 10, in the courtroom in Copenhagen, he protested:

“I want the charges against me to be made public. I am not guilty."

Before revealing his identity, kept secret until then by justice.

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Source: lefigaro

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