Berlin Embassy spy is ex RAF Airman
German prisons would be full then, collecting Eastern Bloc militaria is not unusual. And the Federal Court of Justice would not have granted pre-trial detention.
Press reports are that an alert was triggered because he hadn’t withdrawn any cash from his bank account or used his credit card for several months*, triggering questions as to how he was paying his bills. Surveillance was started leading to the arrest.
* Which leads to the question of who and how employees bank accounts and cards are monitored in Germany - and as to whether the Germans alerted the Brits or vice-versa. And of course which data protection laws might or might not have been breached….
* Which leads to the question of who and how employees bank accounts and cards are monitored in Germany - and as to whether the Germans alerted the Brits or vice-versa. And of course which data protection laws might or might not have been breached….
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What a curious statement. Given that the Security Service have responsibility, including established posts overseas, for the security of UK diplomatic missions from a counter-intelligence perspective, why would MI6 be appropriate here?
