Greatest espionage threat to the UK

If anyone would wonder who is this idiot who voted for Denmark.

Since I know the answer and Ireland is not one of the options... then, sorreh!

It is the US, of course.

Originally posted by Beylerbeyi It is the US, of course.   If you consider them separate countries, that is. I personally think UK is the 51st state.

Oh dear, not the 51st state arguement. An arguement that makes as much sense as saying Saddam era Iraq was one of the French departments or that much of the Arab world during the Cold War were Russian.

I would say Russia myself. However I'm not certain.

By greatest threat do  you mean to the UK as the state or to elements of the UK (i.e. its corporations)? Because I can justifiably see Israel as a candidate considering the rivalry in the arms market.

Originally posted by Paul I think I;m an espionage threat to the UK. Because I'd happily tell everything I know to a foriegn power for a very reasonable fee.

Considering that I'm now an espionage threat to Norway! (All offers to spill the beans should be monetary preferably).

The French? Can't see how they would go unnoticed, reeking of cheese and never worrying about dropping the accent...  

Indeed and that's why i included Denmark, Israel, the US, Italy, Germany et al.  The questrion was, which country poses the greatest espionage threat to the UK?

I picked Russia, not so much spying on UK military assets, but mainly to silence opponents of the Kremlin. But another player that cannot be ruled out is a non-state actor, like al-Qaeda. Whilst their activities are normally seen in terms of terrorism, as terrorists become more sophisticated, so will their intelligence gathering activities to conduct those terrorist acts.

Edited by Chwyatt - 08-Aug-2007 at 06:56

it is actually France, by the way.