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 …
24 July: Jun Wei Yeo, aka Dickson Yeo, a Singaporean citizen, has been arrested in the United States as he flew back into the country from a trip abroad. He has now pleaded guilty in a federal court to a charge of spying for China between 2015-19. According to the …
So, after two years and half a million pounds of taxpayers’ money, the conclusion of the UK’s Intelligence and Security Committee is that Russia is a threat to the UK’s national security. Well, shucks! The ISC is supposed to be the watchdog for Britain’s intelligence services. Since its creation in …
The UK government has moved quickly to prepare for the impending release of the Intelligence and Security Committee’s (ISC) report on Russian interference in UK politics. In effect, they have tried to mix two different stories and hope to escape in the confusion. On 16 July, the intelligence services of …
Conservative Party MP, Julian Lewis has been elected as head of the UK’s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC). This is the parliamentary body that monitors the UK intelligence services. However, he is not celebrating. As a result of his election, Lewis has been censured by the British government in a …