Danish military intelligence chief arrested in data breach case – RBK

Danish military intelligence chief arrested on charges of leaking intelligence data

Lars Findsen was temporarily removed from office in the summer of 2020 due to violations in the work of military intelligence. He was arrested in January on charges of leaking classified information. He insists on his innocence

The head of the intelligence service of the Danish Defense Ministry, Lars Findsen, was arrested on charges of leaking classified information that could harm the country’s security or its relations with other states. About it informs TV company TV2.

On the eve of the Danish Security and Intelligence Service (Politiets Efterretningstjeneste, PET) reportedthat within the framework of this case four people were placed in custody – former and current employees of the country’s special services. They were accused of violating paragraph 109 of the Criminal Code, paragraph 1 (unjustified disclosure of secret information of the special services). Security officials conducted searches at various addresses. The department did not provide other details, including the names of those arrested.

How clarifies Radio DR, Findsen’s one of the accused, became known on January 10, when a Copenhagen court lifted the ban on the use of names in the case. According to the judge, this was done at the request of the head of military intelligence himself.

What exactly is the essence of the charges is still unknown, since the case is being considered behind closed doors. According to DR, this is a leak of classified information to the Danish media. According to the newspaper, the head of the intelligence service could face up to 12 years in prison. Findsen insists on his innocence and calls the situation “complete insanity.”