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Denmark suspends foreign spy agency chief, 2 others

| August 24, 2020 3:30 AM

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark's government said Monday that the head of the country's foreign intelligence service has been “relieved of duty for the time being” after an independent watchdog heavily criticized the spy agency for deliberately withholding information and violating Danish laws.

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