There was shock amongst intelligence experts as the arrival of the Johnson government has meant the return of suspect Mossad agent of influence, Priti Patel. She was forced to resign in disgrace in November 2017 after she undertook a secret visit to Israel in August of that year without informing …
MI5 has been mounting a PR offensive. BBC Home Affairs reporter Dominic Casciani was invited to Thames House to take part in an electronic training exercise. He has written a piece for BBC News entitled: “The Day I tried to become an MI5 spook.” The questions might reasonably be asked: …
MI5 is in trouble again. Following criticism of their failure to prevent the London Bridge attack (see our article dated 2 June), Lord Justice Fulford, the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, has declared that MI5 has, for years, been illegally collecting and retaining data on British citizens. Even more damning, senior MI5 …
The Mail on Sunday has led with a front page exclusive story that claims that MI5 is overwhelmed with work and desperately needs more officers and more money. This is ridiculous. They already have far more money and staff than ever before. Are there really more threats now than when …
We have written elsewhere about what a pain in the neck having official visitors to an intelligence agency can be. Now the UK has taken this idea to an extreme. In a press release dated 7 April, Buckingham Palace revealed that heir to the throne, Prince William, had spent three …