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Leak Cases Against Ex-Defense Minister and Former Spy Chief Dropped for Security Risks in Denmark

Cases against former defense minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen and ex-spy head Lars Findsen dismissed over inability to present classified information in court, following their charges for leaking secrets about Denmark's overseas surveillance activities.

  • The cases against former defense minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen and ex-spy head Lars Findsen were dropped due to the inability to present classified information in court, citing state security interests.
  • Frederiksen was accused of alleging in several interviews that the Danish Defense Intelligence Service had helped the U.S.'s NSA eavesdrop on leaders in Germany, France, Sweden, and Norway, including ex-German chancellor Angela Merkel.
  • The supposed collaboration between the United States and Denmark enabled the NSA to obtain data using politicians' phone numbers as search parameters, with this assistance reportedly occurring from 2012 to 2014.
  • Findsen, the former head of the Danish Defense Intelligence Service, was charged with leaking classified information to six different people, including two journalists.
  • The dismissal of the cases has caused controversy in Denmark, with the head of Denmark’s domestic security service, Finn Borch Andersen, expressing concern over the inability to try cases involving classified information in court and urging for new legislation.
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