Some dodgy businessman might be a crook and criminal (no reference to Assange), but also a vital intelligence asset. It might be in the immediate interest of c

Some dodgy businessman might be a crook and criminal (no reference to Assange), but also a vital intelligence asset. It might be in the immediate interest of citizens to know that, and have the guy tried, but not so in the *long term. I would expect a competent intelligence service to keep the guy safe and his misdeeds under cover. Of course that can go badly wrong, I just mean, a priori, there may be very good reasons to keep secrets from your own people. But then this is why intelligence services need civilian supervision, just like armed forces do.