The UK government has decided to ban all Huawei products from the country’s 5G network. All Huawei products that are part of the infrastructure must be removed by 2027 at the latest. Even this is not enough for some critics. A powerful group of Conservative MPs are telling media contacts …
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 …
The wave of anger in the United States following the death of George Floyd at the hands of white police officers in Minnesota has presented interesting opportunities to certain intelligence agencies. As the rioting spread to more than twenty US cities, the mayor of Minnesota received a security briefing and …
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Scotland (1882-1965) In February 1947 some strange headlines appeared in British newspapers such as: “MI5 officer was on Nazi General Staff!” and “Britain’s Master Spy!”. Of course, the headlines were all poppycock as newspaper headlines generally are. But beneath those headlines lurked a story of a first …
Andrew Parker, outgoing Director-General of the UK’s MI5, has been giving interviews to carefully selected media contacts as he prepares to leave his post this month. Asked what he thought was the greatest change he has seen during his time at the service, he replied that it was the recruitment …