British ambassador to the United States Kim Darroch

The suspect behind the leak of confidential memos from Britain's ambassador to Washington, which sparked a major diplomatic rift with the United States, has been identified.

Iran PressIran news: Last week, after a British newspaper published memos from Kim Darroch in which he described Donald Trump’s administration as “inept” and “dysfunctional”, the White House announced it will no longer deal with the British ambassador Kim Darroch, leading to Darroch's resignation on .

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British officials immediately launched an inquiry to find those responsible for the leak and counter-terrorism police said on Friday they had launched a criminal investigation.

According to the British mainstream media a suspect had been identified and suggestions that it could be the result of a computer hack by a foreign state had been ruled out.

“They think they know who did the leaking,” an unnamed government source told the Sunday Times. “It’s now a case of building a case that will stand up in court. It was someone with access to historical files. They went in and grabbed a range of material. It was quite crude.”

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