seriously the indications that the detainee s secret service activity was done on behalf of a russian intelligence service. because spying on a close ally on german soil is absolutely unacceptable and we stand in full solidarity with our british friends. so what do we know about the suspect? he s been named simply as david 5, his second name withheld under german privacy laws. he s a 57 year old briton. he was employed locally by the embassy as a contractor, so not as a diplomat. and it s alleged he was working with the russians since at least november of last year. the arrest came after what i understand was an intelligence led operation, run jointly by german and british authorities, including the security service, m15 here, and metropolitan police. once they felt they had enough evidence a germanjudge issued an arrest warrant. cold war berlin was the spy capital of the world. the glienicke bridge there was known as the bridge of spies because of the exchanges that took
a berlin spy case involving british secret and russian spies. german prosecutors allege that a man who worked here at the british embassy in berlin passed on official documents in exchange for money. he s alleged to have been working for the russian intelligence service. their embassy is located not far away in berlin. the man, who worked as a security guard, was arrested yesterday in potsdam, southwest of berlin, and his apartment and office were searched today. translation: we take extremely seriously the indications that the detainee s secret service activity was done on behalf of the russian intelligence service, because spying on a close ally on german soil is absolutely unacceptable, and we stand in full solidarity with our british friends. so, what do we know about the suspect? he s been named simply as david s, his second name withheld under german privacy laws. he s a 57 year old briton. he was employed locally
so, what do we know about the suspect? he s been named simply as david s, his second name withheld under german privacy laws. he s a 57 year old briton. he was employed locally by the embassy as a contractor, so not as a diplomat. and it s alleged he was working with the russians since at least november of last year. the arrest came after what i understand was an intelligence led operation run jointly by german and british authorities, including the security service m15 here and metropolitan police. once they felt they had enough evidence, a germanjudge issued an arrest warrant. cold war berlin was the espionage capital of the world. the glienicke bridge in the city was known as the bridge of spies because of the exchanges that took place here. spying has changed since then secrets are often stolen remotely over cyberspace but that does not mean that old fashioned human spying has gone away. in this latest case,
german prosecutors allege that a man who worked here at the british embassy in berlin passed on official documents in exchange for money. he s alleged to have been working for the russian intelligence service. their embassy is located not far away in berlin. the man, who worked as a security guard, was arrested yesterday in potsdam, south west of berlin, and his apartment and office were searched today. translation: we take extremely seriously the indications that the detainee s secret service activity was done on behalf of the russian intelligence service, because spying on a close ally on german soil is absolutely unacceptable, and we stand in full solidarity with our british friends. so, what do we know about the suspect? he s been named simply as david s, his second name withheld under german privacy laws. he s a 57 year old briton. he was employed locally by the embassy as a contractor, so not as a diplomat.
because spying on a close ally on german soil is absolutely unacceptable, and we stand in full solidarity with our british friends. so, what do we know about the suspect? he s been named simply as david s, his second name withheld under german privacy laws. he s a 57 year old briton. he was employed locally by the embassy as a contractor, so not as a diplomat. and it s alleged he was working with the russians since at least november of last year. the arrest came after what i understand was an intelligence led operation run jointly by german and british authorities, including the security service m15 here and metropolitan police. once they felt they had enough evidence, a germanjudge issued an arrest warrant. cold war berlin was the espionage capital of the world. the glienicke bridge in the city was known as the bridge of spies because of the exchanges that took place here. spying has changed since then secrets are often stolen