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Spy Says He Was Fall Guy
Chris Cash, a former parliamentary researcher acquitted of spying for China, told the BBC he was a “convenient fall guy” for UK police and security services. Messages he shared with the BBC show discussions with his friend Chris Berry about sensitive UK political matters, but contain no evidence Cash was paid by or sympathetic to the Chinese Communist Party; Cash said he had been “unprofessional and naive.” The case against both men collapsed after officials could not say China had been classed as an “enemy” at the time.
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