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The Guardian - UK
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Matthew Weaver

Malcolm Turnbull condemns UK’s ‘extraordinary’ hypocrisy over Spycatcher affair

Australia’s future prime minister Malcolm Turnbull (left) in 1986 with Peter Wright, a former MI5 agent and author of Spycatcher.
Australia’s future prime minister Malcolm Turnbull (left) in 1986 with Peter Wright, a former MI5 agent and author of Spycatcher. Photograph: Fairfax Media Archives/Fairfax Media/Getty Images

The former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has accused the UK government of hypocrisy and concealment over the way it continues to block the release of secret files about the Spycatcher affair.

Before entering politics, Turnbull was a barrister for Peter Wright, a retired senior MI5 intelligence officer who revealed a series of illegal activities by the British security services in his memoir Spycatcher.

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