BBC's John Simpson Describes Being Targeted In Czech Honeytrap Plot
The BBC’s world affairs editor has told how he was targeted in a Czech honeytrap plot.John Simpson said he was feeling “vulnerable” after the breakdown of his marriage when he received love letters from a woman he met in the country. The journalist realised he was “getting in a bit deep” so went to his bosses, who brought in MI5.Simpson had been allowed into the closed communist state to cover an international conference in 1983.Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s
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