The new head of MI6 is said by a few people to be a clever lady, but not all those in meetings concur. It’s believed she was present in a planning meeting in Whitehall, and at the top of the meeting a serious concern had been raised about tents popping up on streets by strangers, looking like protests but actually forming a part of spying activity in the city.
It’s not known when this meeting took place, but it’s necessary to know because it’s important which tents were being refered to (there are many), and who was there.
The point is that she said, “Let’s leave it,” according to a source. This unsettled military figures, and some staff have said it felt threatening to think threats were being left on the street.
In fact, creating obstacles is a common tactic across the world and in the UK it’s no different if they come here, too. It’s not a matter of understanding it but knowing that it needs to be dealt with because it’s a threat in any of those parts of the world.
The meeting is not a good look for a Service that says it knows all about this, knows how, and knows when. It should be done already, yet the tents are still seen pitched, waiting at the side of streets, and some roads, for the targets that may or may not be part of some international plot against us, here.