“In 37 years in the intelligence profession I’ve never seen the world in a more dangerous state.”
The head of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, has said that the world is “more dangerous than it has been in four decades” because of the wars in the Middle East and between Russia and Ukraine, with Western countries such as the United States becoming increasingly involved in the conflicts.
Sir Richard Moore made the statement at the British embassy in Paris during an event that marked 120 years of the Entente Cordiale, a pact that merged the UK and France together as military and diplomatic allies, per the Daily Mail.
Speaking alongside the head of France’s external intelligence agency the DGSE, Nicholas Lerner, Moore said “In 37 years in the intelligence profession I’ve never seen the world in a more dangerous state. And the impact on Europe, our shared European home, could hardly be more serious.”
Lerner agreed that “the collective security of the whole of Europe is at stake” in Ukraine.
Moore…
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