Tuesday, July 9, 2019

U.K. Investigating If Russia Is Responsible For Leaking Memos From The U.K. Ambassador In Washington

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Business Insider: The UK is investigating whether Russian spies hacked secret memos branding Trump 'uniquely dysfunctional' and 'incompetent'

* UK officials are considering the possibility that a Russian state cyber-attack was behind a leak of memos which saw the UK ambassador in Washington brand Donald Trump's administration "inept and incompetent."
* The leak of memos has caused a major diplomatic row between the UK and US, with Trump saying he would "no longer deal" with Darroch.
* The leak has prompted a major Foreign Office investigation, with senior Conservative members of parliament calling for a police inquiry to identify the source behind it.
* Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "They are going to follow all avenues of inquiry to try to understand how this happened. That's something that will be considered."

LONDON — UK officials are investigating whether the Russian government hacked secret diplomatic memos which branded Donald Trump " inept and incompetent," Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has confirmed.

Hunt said the possibility of a Russian cyber-attack to steal a huge tranche of memos written by Sir Kim Darroch, the UK ambassador in Washington, is now an official line of inquiry.

The so-called "diplomatic telegrams" sent by Darroch to senior UK officials revealed an unfavourable assessment of the current President and his "dysfunctional" White House administration, prompting a major Foreign Office investigation into the source of the leak.

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Update: UK tabloids theorize Russia hacked ambassador’s Trump memos… as London eggs them on (RT)

WNU Editor: The big story is what is in these memos, not who leaked them.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The content could have been clipped from Der Spiegel or The Guardian it’s that childish. Rant after rant isn’t cogent analysis. Why the Foreign Office encouraged his rants is the question.

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