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DEVELOPING · 6 OCT → 15 OCT 2026 · 10 EDITIONS · 79 OUTLETS

Former German Intelligence Chief Held Over Alleged Espionage and Treason

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 39 79 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 6 Oct 12:17 UTC · Former German intelligence chief arrested on espionage and treason suspicions 6 Oct 18:08 UTC · Former German intelligence chief arrested on suspicion of treason and espionage 7 Oct 00:05 UTC · Former German intelligence chief arrested on espionage and treason suspicions 7 Oct 06:31 UTC · Former German Intelligence Chief Arrested on Espionage and Treason Suspicions 7 Oct 12:08 UTC · Former German intelligence chief detained on treason and espionage allegations 7 Oct 18:07 UTC · Former German intelligence chief detained in espionage investigation 8 Oct 00:07 UTC · Former German intelligence chief detained on espionage and treason suspicions 8 Oct 06:37 UTC · Former German intelligence chief detained on treason and espionage allegations 9 Oct 06:45 UTC · Former German Intelligence Chief Held Over Alleged Espionage and Treason

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 9 HEADLINES

  1. 6 Oct, 12:17 UTC

    Former German intelligence chief arrested on espionage and treason suspicions

  2. 6 Oct, 18:08 UTC

    Former German intelligence chief arrested on suspicion of treason and espionage

  3. 7 Oct, 00:05 UTC

    Former German intelligence chief arrested on espionage and treason suspicions

  4. 7 Oct, 06:31 UTC

    Former German Intelligence Chief Arrested on Espionage and Treason Suspicions

  5. 7 Oct, 12:08 UTC

    Former German intelligence chief detained on treason and espionage allegations

  6. 7 Oct, 18:07 UTC

    Former German intelligence chief detained in espionage investigation

  7. 8 Oct, 00:07 UTC

    Former German intelligence chief detained on espionage and treason suspicions

  8. 8 Oct, 06:37 UTC

    Former German intelligence chief detained on treason and espionage allegations

  9. 9 Oct, 06:45 UTC

    Former German Intelligence Chief Held Over Alleged Espionage and Treason

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Nothing ran from the first third of the coverage to the last.

Entered the story later

  • Nothing new took hold after the first third.