MI6
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Debate: should British spies be given a ‘licence to kill’?
In Depth Government to push through law offering protections to secret agents
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MI6 agents tried to stop judge seeing secret documents in ‘licence to kill’ case
Speed Read Intelligence agency was forced to apologise for ‘any misunderstanding’, court documents show
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MI6 sets Christmas card brainteaser: could you solve it?
Speed Read The spy service is sending festive greetings with hidden messages
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What Ian Fleming’s racy letters reveal
In Depth From extra-marital affairs to a penchant for bondage
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Mark Acklom: who is UK’s most wanted conman and what did he do?
Speed Read Fugitive in custody in Switzerland following police swoop
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What happened to Alexander Litvinenko?
In Depth Sergei Skripal’s apparent poisoning has drawn comparisons with 2006 poisoning of other exiled former Russian spy
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UK court examines GCHQ’s bulk hack of phones and laptops
Speed Read Judges examine MI5 and MI6 spying tactics exposed by Edward Snowden
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Donald Trump dossier: UK spy exposed Sepp Blatter and Fifa
Speed Read US authorities are taking Christopher Steele's claims seriously because of his work on corruption at football's governing body
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MI5 told to recruit more middle-aged mums
Speed Read Women are more 'intuitive' says intelligence report, but Ukip MEP says women should 'stick to changing nappies'
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MI5 double agent offers rare insight into al-Qaeda and jihad
In Depth Aimen Dean was recruited by British security and intelligence services to report back on al-Qaeda
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CIA torture report redacted at request of British spies
Speed Read Downing Street admits information was censored on 'national security grounds', but denies complicity
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North Korean military warns UK over Channel 4 drama
Speed Read Pyongyang calls the fictional thriller a 'politically motivated provocation' backed by Downing Street
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Isis threat to UK blown out of proportion, says ex-MI6 chief
Speed Read Conflict 'essentially one of Muslim on Muslim' with West no longer main target, says Richard Dearlove
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MI6: 'Impossible' to track jihadists returning to UK
Speed Read UK security services will have to prioritise who they track, says former M16 director Richard Barrett
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