A police vehicle with flashing blue lights passes the headquarters of the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), Germany's foreign intelligence service, after former BND chief August Hanning was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of attempted treason and obtaining state secrets, in Berlin, Germany, October 6, 2026. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
FILE PHOTO: August Hanning, state secretary at the German Interior Ministry and former head of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND), holds his files before the start of a parliamentary committee of investigation in Berlin, Germany, November 30, 2006. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
A sign near an entrance of the headquarters of the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), Germany's foreign intelligence service, is pictured, after former BND chief August Hanning was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of attempted treason and obtaining state secrets, in Berlin, Germany, October 6, 2026. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse