No one, however, quite knows what to do about Markus Wolf.

As a high-level source, she was led by Markus Wolf personally.

He had an uneasy relationship with Markus Wolf, the legendary head of Stasi's foreign intelligence operations.

Markus Wolf, the former East German spymaster, admits as much.

Markus Wolf died in his sleep at his Berlin home on 9 November 2006.

Markus Wolf, 83, German former head of East Germany's secret intelligence service, natural causes.

Except in the case of Markus Wolf.

He said that the newspaper responded by running two pictures on the front page: of Markus Wolf and of the lawn mower.

Another, more exotic, suggestion is Markus Wolf, the retired spy chief, if only because he sounds rather human and writes books.

But they said the group did not include East Germany's legendary master spy, Markus Wolf.