Treason
A former German intelligence operative accused of treason has gone on trial. Markus Reichel is accused of selling secrets from German intelligence agency Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) to the US and Russia. As his court trial opened earlier this week in Munich, Reichel confessed to passing secrets to the Central Intelligence Agency for over six years.Reichel told the court that he started working for the CIA and Russia because he felt he was undervalued at BND. A desire for greater recognition motivated him. “With the CIA it was different. There you could prove yourself,” he said. Reichel was arrested last year. His arrest strained the Germany-US relations as Angela Merkel government kicked out the then CIA station chief in Berlin.
A former German intelligence operative accused of treason has gone on trial. Markus Reichel is accused of selling secrets from German intelligence agency Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) to the US and Russia. As his court trial opened earlier this week in Munich, Reichel confessed to passing secrets to the Central Intelligence Agency for over six years.Reichel told the court that he started working for the CIA and Russia because he felt he was undervalued at BND. A desire for greater recognition motivated him. “With the CIA it was different. There you could prove yourself,” he said. Reichel was arrested last year. His arrest strained the Germany-US relations as Angela Merkel government kicked out the then CIA station chief in Berlin.
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