• WorldVerdict@lemmy.cafe
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    1 day ago

    Arresting a former intelligence chief is a big deal for any country. Curious whether this turns out to be a long-running operation or something recent. Will be watching how much detail the prosecutors release.

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      11 hours ago

      We had a case here in Denmark, where the chief of military intelligence was accused of revealing secrets, although they were publicly known because they were part of what Snowden had revealed.

      That whole case reeked of political abuse of power, because he didn’t just do whatever he was told.
      They even tapped his phone and he was also accused of having told his wife when he expected to go on holiday or something of that sort.

      Absolutely insane government overreach. And of course the whole thing ended with the accusations dropped, but at that point he had been replaced.
      When Denmark is stated as the least corrupt country in the world that may be true regarding economic corruption.
      But we absolutely have corruption.

      However this story seems a lot more legit.