It's also natural in that part of the world to blame what people view as the... as the most important authority in the region, and that currently is the United States of America.
“I don't cringe when I think of doing old material. A lot of the people have been with me through the years.”
“I don't deny that there are problems in the intelligence world, but I would argue that in the UK we try to uphold the highest standards in the world.”