MI5

GCHQ chief to step down by year’s end following Snowden leaks

in Australia, Canada, New Zeland, Sci/Tech, UK, USA, World

The head of GCHQ, Britain’s electronic intelligence agency, will step down by year’s end, the Foreign Office said. Officials denied his departure was linked […]
Dame Stella Rimington: MI5 and MI6 must convince public they are working for them and not against them

in UK

The British intelligence services must persuade public they are working on their behalf and not against them, revealing Julian Assange and Edward Snowden as the […]
UK Prime Minister apologises for MI5’s role in murder of Ulster lawyer but wife slams report into police collusion in his murder

in Ireland, UK

38-year-old was shot dead in front of his wife and children at home in 1989 Report by Sir Desmond de Silva QC published today […]
UK Foreign Minister Hague to ‘draw torture claims line’

in UK, World

Foreign Secretary William Hague is to stress the Government’s commitment to “drawing a line” under the alleged involvement of Britain’s intelligence agencies in the torture […]
MI5 former chief decries ‘war on terror’

in Iraq, UK, USA

Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller uses BBC lecture to criticise ‘unhelpful’ term, attack Iraq invasion and suggest al-Qaida talks Richard Norton-Taylor Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former head […]
REVEALED: ‎Britain’s secret policy on torture

in UK

Torture policy of MI5 and MI6 outlined in secret document – barrister’s opinion together with original article from The Guardian below: No trade-off on torture […]