Dearlove challenges claims that leaving the EU would reduce UK security.
“The argument that we would be less secure if we left the EU is, in reality, rather difficult to make.”
Dearlove argues terrorism does not present a systemic threat to the nation despite horrible individual attacks.
“I don't think terrorism in its current form, you know, presents a systemic threat to the nation. It presents, the possibility of horrible happenings, which we are learning how to deal with.”
Dearlove states politicians and phones have always been a problem across all politicians, not unique to any individual.
“Politicians and always been a problem. It is not a unique problem to any single politician.”
Dearlove says politicians and phones have always been a problem, not unique to any single politician.
“Have Politicians and always been a problem. It is not a unique problem to any single politician.”
Dearlove claims every politician he has known, foreign and British, has used phones unwisely.
“Every single politician I have ever known, foreign and British, have used their phones in a way which probably is unwise.”
Dearlove warns Chinese cars have cellular modules that could be reprogrammed remotely to immobilize vehicles in a crisis.
“Because in every Chinese car there is a cellular module which is connected to the internet of things and that car in a crisis can be reprogrammed by the manufacturer in China.”
Dearlove argues any Chinese corporation is ultimately controlled by the Communist Party and must obey in crisis.
“The fact is you cannot get around the security problem that any Chinese corporation is ultimately under the control of the Chinese Communist Party. If in a crisis they are told to jump.”
Dearlove warns China could immobilize Chinese cars remotely and bring UK cities to a halt in a crisis.
“Chinese could bring in a crisis UK city to a grinding halt, bang, with a flick of a switch in Beijing.”
Dearlove asserts any Chinese corporation is ultimately under Chinese Communist Party control.
“The fact is you cannot get around the security problem that any Chinese corporation is ultimately under the control of the Chinese Communist Party.”
Dearlove says Palantir's intellectual property must be of massive interest to Russians and Chinese, requiring protective organization.
“But for example, your intellectual property must be of massive interest to the Russians and the Chinese. So you almost need a sort of protective organization.”
Dearlove argues Palantir uniquely adapted modern democratic security structures to the world of data.
“pull together the diversity and complexity of a modern democratic security structure and make it, let's say, fully adapt it to the world of data in a way that no one else has seemed to have had the conceptual approach.”
Dearlove says the proposed Chinese embassy site is sensitive due to communications cables running underneath or near it.
“And the reason it's sensitive in my understanding is because of the communications cables that run underneath it or very close to it.”
Dearlove opposes the Chinese embassy in the City of London due to sensitive communications cables underneath.
“And putting a Chinese embassy on top of that in a strategic place in the city of London seems to me an unnecessarily foolish and risky step to take and we should say no.”
Dearlove criticizes Trump's security statement for failing to explicitly name Russia as a global threat.
“you can't write a statement about security without including clear reference to Russia as a global threat.”
Dearlove argues air cover is the only practical security guarantee Ukraine would accept.
“I think the only practical security guarantee personally is a guarantee of air cover because the Ukrainians will not accept, I think, boots on the ground and neither will the Russians.”
Dearlove says security of the nation is government's first responsibility and UK has massively underspent on defense.
“If you take a Sicerian view of government, which I do, the security of the nation is the first responsibility.”
Putin requires very high-level security as a high-profile target, making certain protective measures normal for someone in his position.
“ he told The Sun . Advert He explained that s figure such as Putin would require a very high level of security. “It’s almost a normal security measure for somebody like Putin – who is a very high-profile target,”
Putin uses body doubles in certain circumstances as a logical security measure.
“So I think it’s quite logical that in certain circumstances… he uses a body double.”