See §94 of the German Criminal Code: http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stgb.html#p0973 http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/en

See §94 of the German Criminal Code: http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_stgb/englisch_stgb.html#p0973 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) ..."