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Danish intelligence chief held over suspected info leaks, local media report

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Re: Danish intelligence chief held over suspected info leaks, local media report

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Post by 4gotunameagain »

miohtama wrote: post #7
throwaway4good wrote: post #6

This is an absolutely bonkers story by Danish standard. The guy is amongst the highest ranking civil servants, holds the order of Dannebro. On top of this a number of Danish journalists have been "taken in for a chat" by the intelligence services. The charges are still secret, but appears to be related to this story: Danish secret service helped US spy on Germany's Angela Merkel: report https://www.dw.com/en/danish-s…

Do fiber cables land in Denmark, or what special does Denmark have to make it a good partner for NSA?

https://www.submarinecablemap.com/

Also Denmark has been a US protectorate for quite a while for reasons (e.g. Thule airforce base)

Re: Danish intelligence chief held over suspected info leaks, local media report

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Post by poizan42 »

miohtama wrote: post #7
throwaway4good wrote: post #6

This is an absolutely bonkers story by Danish standard. The guy is amongst the highest ranking civil servants, holds the order of Dannebro. On top of this a number of Danish journalists have been "taken in for a chat" by the intelligence services. The charges are still secret, but appears to be related to this story: Danish secret service helped US spy on Germany's Angela Merkel: report https://www.dw.com/en/danish-s…

Do fiber cables land in Denmark, or what special does Denmark have to make it a good partner for NSA?

Exactly, more specifically Blåbjerg is one of the landing points of TAT-14 as well as Havfrue/AEC-2.

Re: Danish intelligence chief held over suspected info leaks, local media report

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Post by pc86 »

4gotunameagain wrote: post #11
miohtama wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do fiber cables land in Denmark, or what special does Denmark have to make it a good partner for NSA?

https://www.submarinecablemap.com/ Also Denmark has been a US protectorate for quite a while for reasons (e.g. Thule airforce base)

"Protectorate" has a very specific definition and Denmark is most certainly not one.

Re: Danish intelligence chief held over suspected info leaks, local media report

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Post by decebalus1 »

throwaway4good wrote: post #6

This is an absolutely bonkers story by Danish standard. The guy is amongst the highest ranking civil servants, holds the order of Dannebro. On top of this a number of Danish journalists have been "taken in for a chat" by the intelligence services. The charges are still secret, but appears to be related to this story: Danish secret service helped US spy on Germany's Angela Merkel: report https://www.dw.com/en/danish-s…

Do you mean 'Dannebrog' (Dannebrogordenen)?

Dannebro reads like a title a fraternity would give you

Re: Danish intelligence chief held over suspected info leaks, local media report

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Post by duxup »

mrweasel wrote: post #4

Two newspapers have also refused to let the police question their journalists, because it’s not specified why they want to interview them, and given that they won’t name sources, questioning becomes pointless.

Do those requests usually go through a newspaper and not to the individual?

Re: Danish intelligence chief held over suspected info leaks, local media report

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Post by cinntaile »

decebalus1 wrote: post #15
throwaway4good wrote: post #6

This is an absolutely bonkers story by Danish standard. The guy is amongst the highest ranking civil servants, holds the order of Dannebro. On top of this a number of Danish journalists have been "taken in for a chat" by the intelligence services. The charges are still secret, but appears to be related to this story: Danish secret service helped US spy on Germany's Angela Merkel: report https://www.dw.com/en/danish-s…

Do you mean 'Dannebrog' (Dannebrogordenen)? Dannebro reads like a title a fraternity would give you

Welcome to our secret order where everyone is called Daniel, we're all brothers.

Re: Danish intelligence chief held over suspected info leaks, local media report

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Post by throwaway4good »

decebalus1 wrote: post #15
throwaway4good wrote: post #6

This is an absolutely bonkers story by Danish standard. The guy is amongst the highest ranking civil servants, holds the order of Dannebro. On top of this a number of Danish journalists have been "taken in for a chat" by the intelligence services. The charges are still secret, but appears to be related to this story: Danish secret service helped US spy on Germany's Angela Merkel: report https://www.dw.com/en/danish-s…

Do you mean 'Dannebrog' (Dannebrogordenen)? Dannebro reads like a title a fraternity would give you

Yeah - missing the g - it is serious business in dk though:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Dannebrog

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