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BND leak scandal strains German intelligence credibility; domestic agency chief downplays fallout
Süddeutsche Zeitung·DE·about 12 hours ago
Günter Krings, deputy leader of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, calls for further consequences in the August Hanning BND scandal, raising whether other former BND employees exploited their knowledge. The demand signals political pressure on the government to expand the investigation, though no new facts are disclosed.