In the UK, the “Parental Nationality Requirement” has been removed from applicants to SIS, MI5 and GCHQ. Previously, applicants needed at least one parent to be either a British citizen or an immigrant from a list of approved countries. Applicants now need only to be British citizens. The requirement has …
29 July: SIS, the UK’s foreign intelligence service, has a new Chief. He is Richard Moore, a senior Foreign Office official and former British ambassador to Turkey. He will take up his post in October. Moore beat Tom Hurd, the other front runner, in the final round of selection. Moore’s …
It has taken sixteen months, but the truth has finally emerged about interference by MI6 in an Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) investigation. The IPT is the court that considers cases involving complaints against the British intelligence services. In February 2019, the IPT was considering whether it was legal for the …
The appointment of David Frost as the UK’s new National Security Adviser (NSA) is ruffling quite a few feathers in the UK’s intelligence community. Frost has no experience in the world of intelligence and alongside his work as NSA, he will continue his work as the head of the team …
4 March: The BBC Security Correspondent Gordon Corera has published an article on the BBC News website evaluating the fallout from the attempted assassination of Sergei Skripal in March 2018. Corera points out that 23 Russian spies were expelled from the UK and that the Security Service was forced to …