Denmark gives up on state secrets leak case

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 03, 2023 12:04 am

Copenhagen, Denmark: Denmark prosecutors on Wednesday said they were abandoning a case against an ex-minister and a former intelligence chief for allegedly revealing state secrets because key evidence was classified and could not be presented in court.

In May 2021, an investigation by several Danish media outlets revealed that the US National Security Agency (NSA) used Danish underwater cables to spy on officials in France, Germany, Norway and Sweden until at least 2014.

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