In an effort to collect technical data, Carsten L. allegedly printed out or photographed top-secret material from his computer at the BND's headquarters in Berlin and an offsite location in September and October 2022. Arthur E. is accused of taking that information to Moscow, where he passed it on to Russian intelligence (FSB). The FSB asked specific questions that were of particular interest, the German indictment says, which Carsten L. and Arthur E. addressed by providing more information. In the process, they divulged state secrets, prosecutors say, that caused "particularly serious harm to national security."
The leak was "very manageable" and ultimately of "little use" to Russia, he sa
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