We don’t know what country he was spying for, but we do know it’s not Russia. From the very short article: > The case does not involve Russia, according to information obtained by Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

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ChrisMarshallNY 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Even "allies" spy on each other. The US has been caught, several times, spying on allies, and Israel spies on everyone.

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cowlevel an hour ago | parent [-]

And that's probably why Israel is allied with everyone. They have such good spies, they have endless blackmail material for politicians.

For instance, it's suspected that Epstein worked for Israel to acquire blackmail material. We know Epstein recorded everything that happened on that island, and not secretly.

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bigfatkitten an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Israel doesn’t really have any allies other than the United States, and even that is a one-sided relationship.

They are adversarial to everyone, but everyone who wants to maintain friendly relations with the U.S. is obliged to play nicely with Israel.

	▲	cowlevel 43 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Most of Europe and especially Germany; and Oceania; and half the gulf states. And that's just the places I know of, because the news about them is in English.

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akimbostrawman an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

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starik36 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's in the 3rd paragraph:

The Spiegel news magazine reported late on Tuesday that investigators were pursuing a possible connection to Azerbaijan.

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2OEH8eoCRo0 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Ah, sorry I was thinking of 2023.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyeedd6kzdko

> A German military officer has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for spying for Russia.