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The Swiss Ministry of Defense takes legal action after the resignation of the army and secret services has taken Leck's resignation


Indiscreet: DDPS files of criminal complaint

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The Swiss Ministry of Defense has submitted a criminal complaint against non -identified persons after the chiefs of the army and the secret services were licked against the resignation of the army and secret services.

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The leaks on Tuesday about the resignations triggered strong reactions in Bern.

The team of Swiss Defense Minister Viola Amherd confirmed this Keystone-SDA News agency on Wednesday a report by the newspaper View.

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On Tuesday the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) revealed the resignation of the army chief Thomas Süssli and the head of the Federal Intelligence Service (FIS), Christian Dussey, citing well -informed sources.

On the same day, Priska Seiler Graf, chair of the Security Committee of the House of Representatives, said that this leak had probably violated the official confidentiality.

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