Theresa May has retaliated against the Trump Administration’s claims of illegal surveillance by British intelligence agencies by ordering the deployment of one of the UK’s top secret service assets.
Downing Street had earlier dismissed as “complete fiction” the White House’s claims that GCHQ had put President Trump and his campaign team under surveillance. Felix Magazine understands that Downing Street has now escalated the dispute by authorising James Bond to exercise his “licence to kill” and ‘take out’ Mr Trump.
Diplomatic analysts at London’s Royal Institute for International Affairs said the decision to “take out” the 70-year-old president could lead to “new friction in the close working partnership between the two allies.”
“The special relationship will survive this road-bump but in a long and close alliance this is the first case we know of in which one leader has ordered another to be ‘taken care of’” said a senior researcher.
“The real danger is of a rift between our Government and Mr Trump’s strongest supporters. The Kremlin will be furious.” The 007 operation against the President is believed to be code-named “Shortfinger”. A Downing Street spokesman said Prime Minister May had no choice but to take drastic action after White House spokesman Sean Spicer had made his eye-catching allegations against GCHQ.
Mr Spicer quoted Right-wing US media outlets in claiming that the reason the FBI and CIA had been able to deny any involvement in the alleged “wire-tapping” of Mr Trump was that the surveillance Mr Trump believes was ordered by the then-president Barack Obama had actually been carried out by GCHQ. Prime Minister May’s spokesman said Mr Trump and his team “are willing to rely on obvious fiction and complete nonsense.”
“He has left us no choice but to send Commander Bond to Washington. We await developments.” A spokesman for GCHQ refused to comment.
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