Officials Scramble to Curb Frenzy in British Spying Scandal

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyThe British parliamentary staffer who has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China in the U.K. has released a statement denying the accusations, claiming he was “completely innocent.”The statement, which the man released through lawyers, comes just after The Sunday Times published a story claiming one of two men arrested earlier this year under the Official Secrets Act was a parliamentary researcher with access to several Conservati

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