{"id":290534,"date":"2025-10-27T21:04:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T21:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/failure-to-name-china-active-threat-was-fatal-to-spy-case-collapse-says-prosecutors\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T21:04:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T21:04:54","slug":"failure-to-name-china-active-threat-was-fatal-to-spy-case-collapse-says-prosecutors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/failure-to-name-china-active-threat-was-fatal-to-spy-case-collapse-says-prosecutors\/","title":{"rendered":"Failure to name China &#8216;active threat&#8217; was &#8216;fatal&#8217; to spy case collapse says prosecutors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/l-X4m4LqxVY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Failure to name China 'active threat' was 'fatal' to spy case collapse says prosecutors\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l-X4m4LqxVY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Director of Public Prosecutions has told a Parliamentary Committee that the Government&#8217;s refusal to categorise China as an &quot;active threat&quot; to national security was &quot;fatal&quot; to the attempted prosecution of two alleged spies. <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>But the national security official whose evidence was crucial to the prosecution told the same committee that he stood by every word of his statement that China posed a &quot;range of threats&quot; and he was surprised by the decision to drop the case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/<br \/>\nSubscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<br \/>\nFollow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Director of Public Prosecutions has told a Parliamentary Committee that the Government&#8217;s refusal to categorise China as an &quot;active threat&quot; to national security was &quot;fatal&quot; to the attempted prosecution of two alleged spies. 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