Whodunnit? Cabinet suspects in the Huawei leak mystery
by Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor from Technology | The Guardian on (#4DY8G)
Ministers have denied being the source of the NSC leak, but which of them would benefit from it?
One of five cabinet ministers who spoke out in opposition to plans to allow the Chinese telecoms firm Huawei to help build the UK's 5G network at Tuesday's tense meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) were being touted as the most likely source of a destabilising leak. As an inquiry led by the cabinet secretary, Sir Mark Sedwill, began on Thursday, all five were rushing to categorically deny it could have been them. But, despite the denials, could one of them have been behind the disclosure?
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