The refusal of the government to describe China as an active threat to national security in its evidence was a “total roadblock” to the progression of the case against two alleged spies, the prosecution’s lead barrister has said.
Tom Little KC told MPs and peers on the Joint Committee on National Security Strategy (JCNSS) that the question of whether or not China was a threat to national security was “the million-dollar question in the case” and the failure to describe it as one “brought this case effectively to a crashing halt”.
