🚨National security adviser’s wife faces fresh scrutiny as more posts emerge Britain’s national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, is under renewed pressure after even more posts by his wife, Sarah Helm, came to light than previously known. Helm has questioned the lack of direct testimony from alleged Israeli rape victims, dismissed UN findings on sexual violence by Hamas as “botched,” shared a Himmler quotation next to an Israeli strike, called Assad’s anti-Israel remarks “important,” linked the 7 October attacks to 1948, and demanded a no-fly zone over Gaza. For Powell, whose role involves counter-terrorism and relations with Israel, the posts create an immediate conflict of perception: a spouse publicly soft-pedalling a group responsible for mass murder undermines confidence in his judgment and leaves the government exposed to charges of divided loyalties.