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From the cold war to today, why espionage cases are so difficult to prosecute

The collapse of the prosecutions of Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry is a reminder that bringing charges for espionage can be an extremely risky business, particularly in western democracies. Cash and Berry were accused of spying for China, but the CPS dropped the case before it could go to trial.…

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Iranians arrested in counter-terrorism raids allegedly targeted Israeli embassy

Home secretary says raids across UK last weekend reflected some of biggest terrorism threats in recent years

The Guardian - UK

Alleged abuse victim of suspected MI5 informant ‘calls for apology’

It comes after MI5 apologised unreservedly for providing ‘incorrect information’ to the High Court.

The Independent UK

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MI5 lied to multiple courts to protect identity of 'abusive' neo-Nazi spy

MI5 lied to multiple courts amid the Attorney General’s bid to prevent the BBC from identifying a suspected Security Service informant, a judge…

The National (Scotland)

Judge ‘misled’ in bid for injunction over BBC reporting of alleged MI5 informant

Then-Attorney General Suella Braverman sought the injunction at the High Court in 2022.

The Independent UK

Elizabeth II ‘very calm’ when warned about Russian spy Anthony Blunt, newly released MI5 documents show

MI5 reveals confessions of three members of infamous Cambridge Five spy ring as tranche of documents released into National Archives

Evening Standard

Follow that cab (and tip well): MI5’s wartime guide to the art of being a spy

The guidance is contained in a wartime booklet issued to all new recruits to the Security Service

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Lawyer accused of being Chinese spy and previously linked to London MP loses legal challenge against MI5

MI5 warned MPs in 2022 it believed Christine Lee had engaged in ‘political interference and activities’ for a branch of the Chinese Communist Party

Evening Standard

Lawyer accused of being Chinese spy loses legal case against MI5

Christine Lee brought legal action at the specialist Investigatory Powers Tribunal

The Independent UK

Inquiry live feed ended as lawyers told 'smearing people is Security Service job'

SMEARING people is a “Security Service job”, a former police officer told an inquiry into undercover operations – just before the live feed…

The National (Scotland)

Extent of police infiltration of CND under Thatcher ‘truly shocking’

Public inquiry hears that at least five undercover officers spied on anti-nuclear movement during 1980s

The Guardian - UK

MI5 alert on alleged Chinese mole may have been to distract from Partygate, tribunal hears

Ex-Labour MP Barry Gardiner told Christine Lee, who is bringing action against Security Service, of suggestion it was trying to shift attention from scandal

The Guardian - UK

Swedish police detain five suspected of Islamist attack plot

Sweden's police security service said on Tuesday it had detained five men on suspicion of conspiracy to commit terrorist crimes, after "international calls for attacks" that followed a Koran-burning protest in Stockholm

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