For a moment, the two spy chiefs looked like old friends, communing with their memories.

He is the longest serving spy chief at the organization to date.

Another bomb occurred as the country's spy chief briefed politicians on the security situation.

"And where do we hide our former spy chiefs in this town?"

Both the former spy chief and his boss eventually fled the country.

Already, 140 criminal investigations are under way involving the former spy chief, with more than 500 people implicated in his crimes.

Written by the German spy chief who ran the operation.

The map fell from stiffened fingers, but the spy chief still gripped the gun in his right hand.

Much of that arm-twisting has been dragged into the light, in secret recordings by the spy chief.

There is no discussion of payoffs, but the spy chief does question the judge about his professional ambitions.