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The Westminster honeytrap mystery is even stranger than we thought [View all]
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68796369The Westminster honeytrap mystery is even stranger than we thought
1 day ago
By Henry Zeffman & Phil Kemp, BBC News
When news broke of men at Westminster being targeted by flirtatious WhatsApp messages from mysterious figures calling themselves "Charlie" or "Abi" many assumed it was a classic honeytrap.
Some MPs were quick to point the finger at Russia, China and other "hostile states" suspected of using nefarious tactics to obtain compromising material.
But it now looks a lot less straightforward than that. Security sources are steering us away from the hostile state theory.
So who was behind the scam (if that's what it was)? And what did Charlie and Abi want?
[...]
1 day ago
By Henry Zeffman & Phil Kemp, BBC News
When news broke of men at Westminster being targeted by flirtatious WhatsApp messages from mysterious figures calling themselves "Charlie" or "Abi" many assumed it was a classic honeytrap.
Some MPs were quick to point the finger at Russia, China and other "hostile states" suspected of using nefarious tactics to obtain compromising material.
But it now looks a lot less straightforward than that. Security sources are steering us away from the hostile state theory.
So who was behind the scam (if that's what it was)? And what did Charlie and Abi want?
[...]
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