Theresa May fires defense secretary over Huawei leakBritish Defense Minister Gavin Williamson who was fired over a leak of discussions in the National Security Council about Chinese telecoms company Huawei. The firing also underlined how seriously her team treated the leak from the National Security Council, which discusses Britain’s national security, intelligence coordination and defense strategy, and involves only certain ministers from her cabinet to keep its talks as secret as possible. “I am sorry that you feel recent leaks from the National Security Council originated in my department. Mordaunt will be Britain’s first woman defense minister. For many Conservatives, the National Security Council leak increased doubts over how much control May had over her ministers after she offered to resign if lawmakers backed the Brexit deal she reached last year with the EU.

Source: Standard Digital May 02, 2019 08:09 UTC