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by _stephan 3970 days ago
See §94 of the German Criminal Code: http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stg...

"§94 Treason

(1) Whosoever

1. communicates a state secret to a foreign power or one of its intermediaries; or

2. otherwise allows a state secret to come to the attention of an unauthorised person or to become known to the public in order to prejudice the Federal Republic of Germany or benefit a foreign power and thereby creates a danger of serious prejudice to the external security of the Federal Republic of Germany, shall be liable to imprisonment of not less than one year.

(2) ..."