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"Ministers and civil servants have now each received a portion of the blame in a damning report by the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy (JCNSS), but were cleared of being involved in a conspiracy to appease China. However, the committee cautioned against dismissing the case as a one-off caused by outdated espionage laws, warning that parallels in new legislation must be handled carefully to prevent a similar issue happening again."
The Independent seeks donations to fund free reporting. The government and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) were condemned for systematic failures that caused the collapse of the China spy trial, when two men accused of spying for Beijing walked free amid mutual blame between prosecutors and government officials. The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy assigned portions of blame to ministers and civil servants but cleared them of a conspiracy to appease China, and cautioned that parallels in new espionage legislation must be handled carefully to prevent a repeat. The report followed Sir Keir Starmer's Mansion House speech branding China a national security threat.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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