UK efforts to penetrate Kremlin would not be shared with ISC

Whitehall sources argue that criticism of Britain’s spy agencies work on Russia is unfair

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British efforts to penetrate the Kremlin are kept so secret that they would not be shared with the intelligence and security committee (ISC), according to Whitehall sources who argue that the body’s criticism of their work on Russia is unfair.

Critical intelligence would only be shared in a tight circle with the prime minister, senior ministers and officials – and not, even retrospectively, with the committee that concluded Britain’s spy agencies had “taken their eye off the ball” on Russia.

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