Western spies no better than Russians, say espionage experts

All agencies fail to learn lessons of past, intelligence historian Christopher Andrew tells Cheltenham literature festival

Western spy services are no better than the bungling Russians at Salisbury, and all agencies repeatedly fail to learn the lessons of the past, a panel of espionage experts has said.

The former MI5 officer Annie Machon said the “hysteria” over Russia was disingenuous when British and American intelligence services had been guilty of similarly bad behaviour.

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