Furious MI6 chiefs slam ex-officer Chris Steele for ‘appalling judgement’ over Donald Trump dodgy dossier scandal
FURIOUS MI6 chiefs have distanced themselves from ex-officer Chris Steele for dragging them into the Trump dossier scandal.
The foreign spy agency has told ministers their Russia operative showed “appalling judgement” over the incident.
MI6 Chief Sir Alex Younger is said to be livid if it is true that he accepted a commission to dig dirt on a US politician from a Washington DC rivals.
And one senior intelligence source branded the 53-year-old “an idiot.”
The source told The Sun: “Chris should never have accepted this bit of work.
“It was always going to come out at some stage, as was his involvement with it, and that is deeply embarrassing to the service.”
Mr Steele’s former colleagues from MI6 – real name, the Secret Intelligence Service – also said he should have made it clear that there was no proof for the lurid accusations about Donald Trump’s twisted sex games with Moscow prostitutes.
The source added: “There are hundreds of FSB guys running around the world at the moment saying all sorts of things, for all sorts of reasons”.
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A former Tory security minister also questioned the veracity of the report.
While saying he had a good reputation, Baroness Neville-Jones added: “He is of course outside of a big organisation that has the ability to assess”.
The Kremlin leaped on Steele’s alleged involvement in the scandal to stir up trouble for MI6.
The Russian Embassy in London tweeted: “Christopher Steele story: MI6 officers are never ex: briefing both ways - against Russia and US President”.
Theresa May faced further calls yesterday to publicly rule out any British government involvement in the "Watersportgate" dossier.
EX-UKIP leader and pal of the US President Elect, Nigel Farage, said: “Theresa May should make clear the UK had nothing to do with ex-MI6 agent’s bizarre dossier claims”.
But for a second day, Downing refused to enter the furore, insisting there were making no comment.