Second it is deeply concerning that a trade orginisation like IEEE would wade into political affairs and write a puff piece on Bellingcat who is obviously a creature of the UK intelligence establishment.
Wasn't one of those "outlandish things" trying to assassinate a naturalized UK citizen in UK territory and causing one collateral death and several other collateral non-fatal poisonings of other British citizens? And wasn't the poison used so obviously Russian that it turned up in another attempted assassination of a Russian dissident that occurred in Russian territory? And the dudes that were identified as responsible from security footage turned out to be the same dudes involved in blowing up a Czech ammunition depot that contained arms manufactured by a Bulgarian that the Russian government has a beef with?
That's not the UK "picking a fight," and seems enough reason to convince any reasonable person that UK involvement is justified.
yes, this is the critical point. me and "thrwway34" can argue about the trustworthiness of bellingcat, but IEEE has clearly picked a side.