The public prosecution wants former AIVD'er Hans H. comes four months in jail for leaking secret information to De Telegraaf. In addition, the Advocate General that the judge give him four months probation and a community service order of 120 hours.
The case against the man drags for years. H. is suspected along with his girlfriend Helen S. in 2009 twice to have leaked state secret information to journalist Jolande van der Graaf. Justice found out by telephone H. eavesdrop. The calls of Van der Graaf were tapped.
The duo was initially acquitted. The prosecution then demanded prison sentences of three and two years. Later condemned the court the pair still; S. received sixteen months in prison and her partner eight months.
Deliberately
The Supreme Court held the verdict against S. standing, but sent the case back to H.. The Supreme Court found that the court had not made clear whether the man was deliberately involved in the provision of state secrets.
The reports in the Telegraph was about the role of the AIVD in informing the government about the reason for the Iraq war and the protection of the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on a visit to the Netherlands.
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