Oh Dear! Boris is endangering our own spies,who'd 'a thought we might be doing what we blame the Russians for?
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Fears Russia could move to unmask British spies in bitter 'tit-for-tat' over poison attack
Exclusive: Senior members of Putin’s administration are incensed by what they consider to be aggressive and inflammatory remarks made by British ministers
Security officials are deeply concerned that the Kremlin may reveal the identities of British intelligence officers in the escalating and bitter confrontation following the Salisbury nerve agent attack, The Independent has learned.
The disclosure could start, it is feared, with those who work for MI6 and the 23 British diplomats being thrown out of Moscow in retaliation for the same number being expelled from the UK. Doing so would break standard protocol in place to protect spies from opposing sides, in recognition that exposing personal details may put them in danger including from terrorist attacks.
It has been the normal practice since the end of the Cold War to avoid leaking such information in these circumstances. The UK has not published the names of the 23 Russians who have been expelled and there are no plans to do so. Some senior members of Vladimir Putin’s administration are, however, incensed by what they consider to be aggressive and inflammatory remarks made by British ministers about Russia’s culpability over the attempted assassination of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia and are said to be advocating drastic action.
Time to put a muzzle on Boris before he gets someone killed!
