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EU intelligence chief cancels Taiwan trip after Beijing learns his secret plans
Questions are being raised about how a high-level EU official’s travel plan was leaked to China.
The European Union’s top intelligence official canceled a trip to Taiwan after his top-secret preparations were seemingly leaked to Beijing in advance, according to two diplomats with knowledge of the situation.
- Stuart Lau and Jacopo Barigazzi
- Politico
José Casimiro Morgado, director of the European Union Intelligence and Situation Centre, was supposed to make the below-the-radar visit to meet Taiwanese officials in October, according to the diplomats.
However, the EU spy chief’s plan came to a halt after Beijing got hold of the information and…