Israel’s Mossad gets dragged into latest British political scandal

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"British media have speculated that the man behind the fall of their minister of defense was in cahoots with Israel’s famed intelligence agency, Mossad, perhaps unwittingly, as the perfect spy.

Adam Werritty, an unofficial “chief of staff” to Defense Minister Liam Fox - a much respected, staunch conservative who quit in disgrace this weekend - boasted extraordinary access, had no security vetting and plotted to overthrow the Iranian regime.

In February, Werritty reportedly arranged a meeting between Fox and senior Mossad operatives at a security conference taking place in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv, where actions against Iran were discussed. The 33-year-old former flatmate of the British defense minister was backed by murky funding, including from Bicom, an Israeli advocacy organization based in the U.K., according to the Guardian.

Further funding for Werrity’s jet setting lifestyle allegedly came from an obscure commercial intelligence agency, Security Futures, as well as charities Pargav and Atlantic Bridge, all registered to the same London address and funded by billionaire Chaim “Poju” Zabludowicz, Bicom’s chairman.

The Daily Mail’s headline declared: “Was Mossad using Fox and Werritty as ‘useful idiots’?”

The tabloid explained that, “What really was worrying senior officials in the MOD (Ministry of Defence) and the Cabinet Office was the possibility that Fox could be being used as a ‘useful idiot’ by Mossad, Israel’s far-reaching and extremely effective intelligence service. Key funding sources for Werritty were from the Israeli lobby and a rather obscure commercial intelligence agency.” The paper asked whether “Mossad be pulling Werritty’s strings, with or without his knowledge.”

A former senior member of the Mossad who spoke under condition of anonymity told The Media Line that the whole issue was “complete nonsense.”

http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=33494


Liam Fox put security at risk, Downing Street report finds

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/oct/18/liam-fox-security-risk-report?newsfeed=true

Former defence secretary guilty of multiple breaches of the ministerial code, inquiry into links with Adam Werritty concludes

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"Liam Fox put the security of himself and his officials at "risk" on overseas visits by releasing details of his diary to Adam Werritty, the cabinet secretary Sir Gus O'Donnell has concluded in his report into the former defence secretary.

In a damning assessment of Fox, O'Donnell said that the former defence secretary was guilty of multiple breaches of the ministerial code after "blurring" the lines between his private and official responsibilities.

O'Donnell said: "Dr Fox's actions clearly constitute a breach of the ministerial code which Dr Fox has already acknowledged. This was a failure of judgment on his part for which he has taken the ultimate responsibility in resigning office."

Downing Street immediately announced David Cameron had accepted O'Donnell's report, which recommended a tightening of the rules governing relations between ministers and civil servants."