The head of the military intelligence service is accused of having delivered information compromising the security of the kingdom, a unique case in the history of Denmark. Whether the allegations are proven or not, this case can only harm the interests of the country, according to the Danish press.
“Something is wrong in the darkness of the spy services” of the kingdom, daily alarms Berlingske. On Monday January 10, the Danes learned that one of the four high-level agents arrested on December 8 was none other than the head of the military intelligence service (FE) since 2015, Lars Findsen. While the other three, also Danish, were released on bail, he remains in detention on charges of “Unauthorized disclosure of highly confidential information”.
It is the person himself who, while denying the facts, requested and obtained that the news of his detention be made public, during an appearance in camera.
“Never before in Danish history has the state chosen to initiate criminal proceedings against a sitting intelligence chief for disclosing information to the detriment of national security, under a clause of treason very rarely used, which can lead to up to twelve years in prison ”, observed Politics.
The Danish media and the public hardly know more. Asked by the same newspaper as to the exact nature of the information allegedly transmitted by Lars Findsen, the PET, the other Danish intelligence service (that of the police), confined itself to mentioning “Classified information which could cause serious or extremely serious damage to Denmark or to the countries of the EU or NATO”.
“Denmark’s Deepest Secrets”
According to several Danish newspapers, Lars Findsen was being spied on in the greatest secrecy by the PET, which he himself had directed in the 2000s. An investigation whose aim was to find out who was leaking ultra-media information to the press. confidential on the very close cooperation between Danish services and
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Antoine Jacob