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Re:Danish intelligence chief held over suspected info leaks,... by vintermann on Monday January 10, 2022 @01:21PM (#29879087)
Not really. He's charged with leaking to the media. There's only one story that's been recently leaked to the media: The one about helping NSA to spy on domestic and allied political leaders.

Intelligence agencies can only wish they were able to distort the picture for the public reliably, and frequently mess things up.

So the most likely explanation is the obvious, apparent one: He was shocked at the extent of the friendly spying, and leaked it to the media once it became clear it would be buried.

The interesting thing is how Denmark will handle this.

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Re:Danish intelligence chief held over suspected info leaks,... by goto11 on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @04:48PM (#29913172)
> There's only one story that's been recently leaked to the media: The one about helping NSA to spy on domestic and allied political leaders.

Actually several (apparently unrelated) stories have been leaked. One story about an intelligence operative who have been jailed for joining ISIS undercover, and one about a potential security threat from children of ISIS-supporters in camps in Syria. The one about NSA mad a bigger splash outside of Denmark, but the other cases where arguably more embarrassing for the Danish government.

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