Fresh details of some of Britain's biggest Cold War spy scandals, including the network of Soviet agents who stole naval intelligence secrets, emerged in newly released secret files Tuesday. The Portland spy ring, believed to have helped the Soviet Union build a new class of ...
A British man was found guilty on Wednesday of a plot to kill Prime Minister Theresa May by first detonating an explosive device to get into her Downing Street office and then using a knife or a gun to attack her. Naa'imur Rahman, 20, of ...
British spymaster urges EU to work with U.K. to counter militants and Russia after Brexit
Britain and the European Union must build a close security partnership after Brexit to foil Islamic State militant attacks and counter Russia's malign attempts to subvert Western democracies, the head of Britain's domestic spy agency said. Britain, as Europe's preeminent intelligence power, is seeking a ...
Ex-U.K. spy chiefs warn Brexit would pose threat to country, all of Europe
A British vote to leave the European Union next month could make the country more vulnerable to militant attacks and cause instability across the continent, two former senior British intelligence officials said. John Sawers, who stepped down as head of the MI6 foreign intelligence service ...
U.K. intelligence asked Tanzania to stop 'Jihadi John' in 2009: police source
Mohammed Emwazi, the Briton identified as Islamic State killer "Jihadi John," was denied entry to Tanzania in 2009 at the request of British security services, a Tanzanian police source said on Tuesday. The source's version of events tallies with emails published by London activist group ...
Ex-spy chief says outdated U.K. anti-terrorism laws are not fit for purpose
Britain's ability to prevent terrorist attacks is hampered by outdated laws that are "no longer fit for purpose," a former MI5 chief said in an interview published on Sunday, as the government considers new powers to monitor the Internet. Jonathan Evans, director-general of MI5 from ...
History of British intelligence
"Empire of Secrets" is, as Calder Walton himself writes, "the first book devoted to British intelligence during the twilight of empire that has been based on declassified intelligence reports."
