Categories Blogs RT by @mikenov: Artifact of the Week: Miniature Volume of Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago. Learn more: https://www.cia.gov/legacy/museum/artifact/miniature-volume-of-pasternaks-doctor-zhivago/ Post author By Mike Nova Post date October 6, 2026 Artifact of the Week: Miniature Volume of Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago. Learn more: cia.gov/legacy/museum/artifa… ← RT by @mikenov: Former German intelligence chief August Hanning, 80, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of treasonous espionage and passing state secrets to a foreign intelligence service. Hanning, who headed Germany’s BND from 1998 to 2005, was detained in southern Germany. A former aide was also arrested and accused of helping with the alleged espionage. Authorities did not say which country the two men are suspected of spying for. → RT by @mikenov: The icing on the cake when it comes to the sad collapse of German statecraft. August Hanning, former head of the German BND, the German equivalent of the CIA, has been arrested on espionage charges. It has never happened before that a country’s top intelligence officer and head of a national spy agency proved to be a spy for another state. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/world/europe/germany-spy-chief-hanning-arrested-espionage.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GlE.y7pC.csbABkVz7yAL&smid=url-share