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Carsten Linke is unmasked as a Russian agent
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Carsten Linke is recruited to Germany’s foreign intelligence service, the BND, directly out of the armed forces.
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Mr Linke begins his career in the agency’s signal intelligence division in the Bavarian town of Pullach, where the agency conducts surveillance of foreign communications.
2019
Mr Linke is promoted to the position of unit head in signal intelligence and moves to the BND’S offices in Berlin, left.
2022
He is promoted to head of the division tasked with vetting BND agents, where he is responsible for carrying out background checks on recruits and active personnel.
Dec 22 2022
He is arrested in Berlin on suspicion of treason after an allied intelligence agency finds BND documents in the hands of Russian spies. Police search his offices and his apartment in the capital.
Jan 22 2023
Arthur E, suspected of being Mr Linke’s courier, is arrested at Munich airport on charges of treason.