MI5 Security Service

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British spies: growth in Islamist threat halted

AP News 128 days ago

New book: British spy service thinks the threat from Islamist terrorism has stopped growing Britain's domestic spy service thinks the threat from Islamist terrorism has stopped growing but remains severe, with terrorists eager to acquire weapons of mass destruction, according to the ...

Book: MI5 kept a secret file on Harold Wilson

AP News 130 days ago

Authorized book on Britain's domestic spy service shows that MI5 kept file on Harold Wilson A new book shows that Britain's domestic spy agency kept a secret file on former Prime Minister Harold Wilson — a leader who had Eastern European contacts ...

Police probe torture charge at Britain's MI6

AFP Global Edition 152 days ago

British police are investigating an allegation of torture against the country's MI6 foreign spy agency, Scotland Yard said on Friday. The case involves an unidentified non-British national, and is not related to the alleged torture of former Guantanamo detainee Binyam Mohamed, which ...

UK police to investigate spy over torture claim

AP News 152 days ago

British spy agency MI6 reports own officer amid torture concerns, prompting police probe Britain's foreign intelligence agency MI6 reported one of its officers to authorities amid new concerns over the country's possible complicity in torture, prompting police to launch an investigation Friday, ...

MI5 kept tabs on US actor who fled communist witchhunts

AFP Global Edition 161 days ago

British agents monitored US director and actor Sam Wanamaker for years after he fled here from the United States to escape anti-communist witchunts, newly released files showed Tuesday. Wanamaker told friends he wanted to stay in Britain with his family because of ...

MI5 kept tabs on Sam Wanamaker

AFP American Edition 162 days ago

MI5 agents monitored US director and actor Sam Wanamaker for years after he fled here from the United States to escape anti-communist witchunts, newly released files showed Tuesday. Wanamaker told friends he wanted to stay in Britain with his family because of ...

MI6 not complicit in torture, says chief

AFP European Edition 184 days ago

The head of the MI6 foreign intelligence service said on Monday his agents were not involved in torture, amid allegations of British links to mistreatment of terror suspects held abroad. John Scarlett insisted his officers were committed to human rights, while protecting ...

Britain's MI6 not complicit in torture, says chief

AFP Global Edition 184 days ago

The head of Britain's foreign intelligence service said Monday his agents were not involved in torture, amid allegations of British links to mistreatment of terror suspects held overseas. The head of MI6, John Scarlett, said his officers were committed to human rights ...

MPs call for inquiry into torture allegations

AFP European Edition 190 days ago

The government was hiding behind a "wall of secrecy" over allegations security agents colluded in the torture of terrorism suspects, an influential committee of MPs said Tuesday. The Joint Committee on Human Rights urged an independent inquiry into claims of knowledge of ...

Lawmakers call for inquiry into torture allegations

AFP European Edition 190 days ago

The government was hiding behind a "wall of secrecy" over allegations security agents colluded in the torture of terrorism suspects, an influential committee of lawmakers said Tuesday. The Joint Committee on Human Rights urged an independent inquiry into claims of knowledge of ...

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