{"id":339819,"date":"2017-12-17T00:59:50","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T23:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/ex-mi6-chief-not-convinced-russia-influenced-brexit-rt-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2017-12-17T00:59:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T23:59:50","slug":"ex-mi6-chief-not-convinced-russia-influenced-brexit-rt-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/ex-mi6-chief-not-convinced-russia-influenced-brexit-rt-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-MI6 chief \u2018not convinced Russia influenced Brexit\u2019 \u2014 RT UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<p><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Published time: 14 Dec, 2017 09:49 <\/time><time class=\"date date_article-header\">Edited time: 15 Dec, 2017 08:27 <\/time><\/p>\n<p>        The former head of the UK\u2019s intelligence agency MI6 has dismissed claims that Russia had any sway in the Brexit referendum. In his first-ever public interview, Sir Richard Dearlove spoke about Russia\u2019s global influence, terrorism, and Trump. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article__text text  js-mediator-article\">\n<p>Head of MI6 from 1999 until 2004, Dearlove, 76, said he did not believe Russia had played a role in the UK\u2019s decision to leave the European Union, in an attempt to destabilize Europe. <em>\u201cI\u2019ve not seen anything that convinces me at all that the Russians intervened significantly in the Brexit referendum,\u201d<\/em> he told BBC\u2019s Newsnight.<\/p>\n<div class=\"arcticle__read-more read-more\">\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"read-more__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/410020-mi6-spy-trump-dossier\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2017.11\/thumbnail\/5a0d4b2bfc7e93147e8b4567.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Global Look Press\"\/><br \/>\n    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cThe EU does not have the military capability or power to balance Russia and I think that one of the ancillaries of Brexit should be an increase in our defense spending.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dearlove had been head of the external intelligence agency under Tony Blair, and conceded in the interview that he thought Russia had had some hand in the US presidential election:<em> \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s any question that they got involved in the US election and I think probably, on Putin\u2019s part, that was a misjudgement,\u201d<\/em> Dearlove said.<\/p>\n<p>While the former MI6 boss did not admit that he knew former British spy Christopher Steele, who wrote a dossier exposing Trump\u2019s reported exploits in a hotel room in Moscow, Dearlove admitted that there <em>\u201cis probably some credibility in the dossier but I wouldn\u2019t put it any more forcefully than that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Steele\u2019s dossier included alleged Russian intelligence on the now President of the United States. The report accuses \u2018the Don\u2019 of paying prostitutes to urinate on a bed in a hotel room that had once been occupied by former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle.<\/p>\n<p>Dearlove said he believed Trump\u2019s reign would <em>\u201cprobably last only another three years\u201d<\/em> and that foreign policy should not be developed to pander to the volatile American president.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/413081-mi6-dearlove-russia-trump\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published time: 14 Dec, 2017 09:49 Edited time: 15 Dec, 2017 08:27 The former head of the UK\u2019s intelligence agency MI6 has dismissed claims that Russia had any sway in the Brexit referendum. In his first-ever public interview, Sir Richard Dearlove spoke about Russia\u2019s global influence, terrorism, and Trump. 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