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Jonathan Hall KC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, suggested the security services lacked the resources to ...

Newly declassified British documents show that Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told details of her long-time art adviser's double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials didn’t want to add to her ...

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Rookie wartime MI5 "watchers" were advised they needed to be prepared to offer a big tip if they had to tell a taxi driver to "follow that cab" when pursuing a suspect, newly declassified ...

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Jan. 14 (UPI) --Documents newly declassified by MI5, Britain's internal intelligence agency, show the late Queen Elizabeth II was not informed for almost 10 years that a member of her staff had ...

The guidance is contained in a booklet for recruits during World War Two, which will go on display at the National Archives in Kew, west London Rookie wartime MI5 "watchers" were advised they ...

Queen Elizabeth II was not officially informed for almost a decade that one of her most senior courtiers had confessed to being a Soviet spy, according to newly released MI5 files. Art historian ...

However, a Second World War guide produced by MI5 for prospective agents concluded that the ideal “watcher” was “born and not made”. The 17-page guide, which was compiled for “officers ...

An English career criminal has claimed he was recruited to murder five people on behalf of MI5 in the early days of the Troubles. The startling hit-man admission has been made in a sworn affidavit ...

Film star Dirk Bogarde was warned by MI5 that he could be the target of a gay “entrapment” attempt by the KGB, according to newly-declassified intelligence files. Documents released to the National ...