Since its creation in 1909 as the Home Department of the Secret Service Bureau, and its designation during World War I as Section 5 of the War Office’s military intelligence directorate, the ...

Britain's domestic intelligence agency on Tuesday warned lawmakers that Chinese spies were actively reaching out to “recruit and cultivate” them via headhunters or cover companies.Writing to lawmakers ...

Double agent Freddie Scappaticci (pictured at the 1987 funeral of IRA man Larry Marley) was involved in 14 executions and 15 abductions - Pacemaker Press Almost exactly a year ago, on April 23 2024, ...

MI5 accepts that the status of a neo-Nazi agent should no longer be protected, after previously refusing to confirm if they were an informant A BBC investigation found MI5 had given false evidence ...

A Palestinian-born doctor facing terror charges over an MI5 surveillance operation against the New IRA has been refused ...

On the latest episode of Queens, Kings and Dastardly Things, Robert Hardman and Kate Williams chart the life of Sir Anthony Blunt, whom Williams brands Britain's 'ultimate traitor.' Blunt, a distant ...

In a landmark collaboration, the UK’s domestic intelligence service MI5 has opened its vaults to the public for the first time, partnering with The National Archives to present an unprecedented ...

MI5 has warned that Chinese agents attempt to collect information and influence activity, posing the latest spy threat to the nation.

MI5 withheld critical information from the home secretary when it applied for warrants to gather telephone and internet data, Britain’s most secret court has heard. The security service is accused of ...

As the 9/11 commission dissects the effectiveness of the FBI and the CIA this week, President Bush has suggested that the nation's intelligence agencies need to be restructured — and there have been ...