During the investigation of the case, the Danish security police have summoned the editors-in-chief of several media outlets and reminded that the disclosure of state secrets is punishable.
Denmark the head of the military intelligence (FE) is in custody and is suspected of leaking information.
The case came to light in December when Danish security police PET reported arresting four intelligence workers.
Danish Broadcasting Corporation DR said on Monday that the head of military and foreign intelligence is no longer in custody Lars Findsen. The case will be dealt with in camera. At the start of the trial on Monday, the court specifically granted permission that the information about Findsen being charged is public information.
Findsen is suspected under the article on disclosure of state secrets. The maximum penalty for an offense is 12 years in prison.
DR information according to the case, it is related to articles published in several Danish media after the autumn of 2020. In August 2020, the Danish Intelligence Authority said he was investigating Irregularities revealed in the FE. Lars Findsen was arrested at the time, and the Danish media began to find out what it was all about.
In September, the Danish newspaper Berlingske published secret documents, says DR.
About this time, the Danish security police PET set up an investigation team to find out where their information is leaking.
Later in the autumn DR said In cooperation with Swedish television, the NSA, which was responsible for signal intelligence in the United States, had inquired into the Swedish and Danish defense industries.
In the spring of 2021 DR said in collaboration with several major European media outlets, that the FE had assisted the NSA in intelligence on politicians ’communications. The targets were, for example, the then German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the president Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
According to DR, there have been leaks to a number of Danish media outlets, including a case in which Berlingske said a Danish citizen arrested in a terrorist investigation was in fact under cover of Danish military intelligence.
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Lars Findsen is suspected under the article on disclosure of state secrets. The maximum penalty for an offense is 12 years in prison.
Investigation During this time, the editors-in-chief of several Danish media outlets have been invited to PET interviews. According to DR, they had been reminded that the disclosure of state secrets could result in a 12-year prison sentence. According to DR, the article is the same as what now applies to Findsen.
According to DR, at least eight journalists from the Danish media will be invited to interrogate the director of FE, Findsen.
Lars Findsen was arrested in December at Copenhagen Airport.
DR: n According to the experts interviewed, the leaked data may have been detrimental to Denmark’s international relations.
Hans Jørgen Bonnichsen is a former security police head of PET. Lars Findsen has previously served as Bonnischen’s manager.
“I am afraid this is a tragedy for everyone, because it is unprecedented for the partners that the Danish intelligence boss is behind bars. If I were one of our partners, I would conclude that there is something wrong with Danish intelligence, ”Bonnischen told DR.
On Monday Lars Findsen denied all charges while speaking briefly in court.
“I deny all my guilt. This is completely absurd. Of course, you can quote me this statement, ”Findsen told the media.
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