Danish officer dismissed after 43 years of service because his wife is Russian

Frederik Hansen, a Danish captain with 43 years of service, lost his security clearance and was fired because his wife has family in Russia.
Hansen had held security clearance continuously since 1982, married a Russian woman in 2011, and had his clearance renewed three times afterward.
The Danish Defence Intelligence Service (FE) considers the wife’s family ties a security risk, though it has no doubts about Hansen’s loyalty.
Hansen served in NATO in Kosovo and as a military advisor in Afghanistan, and received a gold oak leaf for exemplary service a month before his dismissal.
Hansen claims FE did not conduct an individual procedure or interview him, and considers the decision discriminatory.