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THE European Union sometimes “gets in the way” of intelligence operations, the former head of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) said yesterday.
General Michael Hayden waded into the ongoing EU referendum security debate stating that the EU was “not a natural contributor to national security” in member states.
He backed former MI6 chief Sir Richard Dearlove’s claim that the cost of a British exit from the EU would be low and could in fact improve security.
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GUILLERMO THOMAS enjoys a survey of the current state of the CIA (aka Langley) from an expert and insider of sorts
Starmer sabotaged Labour with his second referendum campaign, mobilising a liberal backlash that sincerely felt progressive ideals were at stake — but the EU was then and is now an entity Britain should have nothing to do with, explains NICK WRIGHT
