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Ex-spy chief is arrested in Germany on suspicion of trading state secrets and treason

A former head of Germany 's foreign intelligence service was arrested on suspicion that he had passed state secrets to a foreign intelligence service, the federal prosecutor's office said.

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Both NPR and the Associated Press lead with the arrest of Germany’s former foreign intelligence chief on suspicion of passing state secrets and treason. NPR frames the case more generally as an arrest on suspicion of giving secrets to a foreign intelligence service, while AP adds the name August Hanning and says the prosecutor’s office also suspects treasonous espionage and attempted treason.

Written by Crossfiled from the 2 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.

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