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: …
According to the Iranian IRIB news network, Jalal Hajizavar, a former Iranian aviation contract worker, was executed several days ago for spying for the United States. IRIB says that spying equipment and paperwork were found in his home. The IRIB says that he had confessed to working for the CIA. …
Under the headline “Mystery of Stewart’s past links with MI6”, the Daily Telegraph has revealed that Rory Stewart, 46, a contender for the leadership of the British Conservative party, was an SIS officer for seven years in the 1990s with postings to Montenegro and Indonesia. (Stewart joined SIS as an …
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 …