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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Ex-CIA Veteran Warns Kremlin Agents Are Walking UK Streets, Linking It to the Alleged Starmer Arson Plot

UK terror threat raised to severe after Golders Green attack (Credit: K: Pexels)

A former CIA operations officer has warned that Russian intelligence services may be using covert networks in the UK, following allegations that arson attacks targeting properties linked to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer were part of a Kremlin-backed sabotage campaign.

Sean Wiswesser, who spent 30 years working in US intelligence, said the alleged attacks showed Russia was escalating its use of so-called hybrid warfare tactics.

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