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MI5 defends use of ‘vital’ foreign intelligence to protect Britain

16.10.09
Head of MI5 issues powerful defence of Britain's co-operation with intelligence agencies accused of the abuse and torture of detainees... more

Wedding emails sparked terror swoop

14.08.09
Seven Pakistani terror suspects were arrested after MI5 decided that their emails contained codewords for a deadly bomb plot... more

Terror threat lowest level since 7/7 bombings

20.07.09
Official terrorist threat level downgraded to its lowest level since before the 7 July London bombings in 2005... more

Meet Delores, the ex-MI5 officer now living as a woman

17.07.09
Former MI5 officer who blew whistle on intelligence services now calls himself 'Messiah' - believing he can save humanity, and 'Delores Kane' his transvestite other self... more

Yard launches probe into MI5 torture claims

10.07.09
A police investigation has begun into claims that MI5 officers were complicit in the torture of former Guantanamo Bay inmate Binyam Mohamed... more

Westminster could flood in 30 minutes

10.07.09
Houses of Parliament, Downing Street and MI5 are most at risk if the Thames breaches it banks, a study claims... more

Tony Blair was 'aware that British terror suspects could be tortured by US'

18.06.09
Tony Blair was aware of a secret interrogation policy that meant British citizens could be tortured during counter-terrorism investigations, it has been claimed... more

Bond girls' pay could remain an MI6 secret

15.06.09
Sexy, dangerous and willing is how James Bond liked his women - gender equality never crossed his mind... more

Home Secretary to be sued over MI5 torture allegation

27.05.09
Jacqui Smith faces legal action over claims that MI5 colluded in the torture of a former civil servant suspected of terrorism... more

MI5 ‘threatened Muslim men to turn them into informants’

21.05.09
Five Muslim community workers from north London claimed MI5 blackmailed and harassed them in an attempt to make them informants... more

Germany warns of Chinese and Russian ‘hi-tech spies’

20.05.09
Germany's domestic intelligence agencies say Russia and China are increasingly spying on British and German firms in a bid to gain the economic edge ... more

Inquiry into 7/7 branded 'whitewash' by victims

19.05.09
Survivors and victims’ relatives of the July 7 bombings slam official inquiry into terror attacks... more

MPs demand to see report into 'failure' of MI5 to stop 7/7 bombers

29.04.09
Senior MPs demanded the immediate publication of a secret report into possible MI5 failures linked to the 7/7 bombings... more

Muslims get 7 years for plotting to train at

29.04.09
Two British Muslims cleared of planning the 7/7 bomb attacks on London were both jailed for seven years for conspiracy to attend a training camp for terrorists... more

MI5 fails to block book of secret wars

15.04.09
The intelligence services have failed in their bid to stop the publication in Britain of a book said to contain the names of as-yet unidentified officers... more

Yard to investigate MI5 torture claims

26.03.09
Scotland Yard has been called in to investigate whether British agents colluded in the torture of Binyam Mohamed... more

MI5 is keeping a closer watch on Russian spies

05.03.09
MI5 has increased its surveillance of suspected Russian spies following the murder of Alexander Litvinenko in London... more

Ex-MI5 chief: Ministers scare public to pass terrorism laws

17.02.09
A former MI5 chief has accused the Government of exploiting fears of terrorism to pass draconian laws... more

MI5 'used James Bond clause over the torture of detainees'

04.02.09
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to be quizzed by Parliament over allegations that British security services used a "James Bond-style get-out clause" to collude with torture of terror suspects... more

Economic crisis increases our terror risk, warns MI5 head

07.01.09
The world economic crisis could heighten the terrorism threat facing Britain, the head of MI5 has cautioned... more

Future terrorists hard to identify warns MI5

21.08.08
Potential Islamist terrorists in Britain are not religious extremists or illegal immigrants, a leaked MI5 report warns... more

MI5 accused of colluding in torture of terrorist suspects

29.04.08
MI5 has been accused of turning a blind eye to the torture of British nationals - and in some cases colluding in their severe treatment... more

A very British scandal

28.02.08
A high-profile robbery that sparked panic among the London elite in 1971 is the inspiration for The Bank Job, a patchy but gripping caper.... more

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