Soviet Union joined Libya and the United States to deliver arms and munitions to the IRA? The Kremlin must have partied with the big win of Sinn Fein.

Isn't espionage a forward thinking strategy of national interest to prevent war and conflict? Nations exploit weakness in society and unrest ... plenty of opportunities. The British embassy in Moscow wasn't a web of spies and agents interfering in domestic issues? Role Sir Andrew Wood as advisor to Orbis Business Intelligence and dodgy Steele dossier. Once a spy, always an asset. See vital effort on counter-terrorism and contra-espionage.

See post in Frank's diary ... Expelling Russia

'Sapere aude'