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AGENTS "IN RED" A SECURITY RISK

According to the recently-published annual report from the British parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC), British agents with financial problems [...]

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REASSURING THE PUBLIC

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PRINCE IDRIS AL-SENUSSI

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United Kingdom
JOHN GRIEVE

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United Kingdom
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Middle East, United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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India, United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
MILOSH STANKOVIC

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SPY AGENCIES TO ACCOUNT FOR SPENDING

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United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
JOHN ANTHONY CAVENDISH

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Hong Kong
THE SUN NEVER SETS

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Subscribers only 15.05.1997

United Kingdom
MI5 TO RECRUIT ON THE INTERNET

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Subscribers only 30.04.1997

United Kingdom
SHIFTS IN SIGHT FOR GCHQ

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Subscribers only 13.02.1997

United Kingdom
MOD EMBARRASSED BY ARMY SPIES

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Subscribers only 02.01.1997

United Kingdom
DARK SIDE OF POLICE VICTORY

Scotland Yard's success in finding a major cache of explosives and rolling up a six-man IRA unit in late September [...]

Subscribers only 03.10.1996

United Kingdom
BRITISH ROLL UP IRA SQUAD

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Subscribers only 01.08.1996

United Kingdom
A CIA TRAITOR'S IMPACT

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Subscribers only 18.04.1996

Japan
MI6 AND CIA ON THE MARCH

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United Kingdom
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Germany, United Kingdom
PROBE INTO ROGUE AGENTS

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Northern Ireland
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United Kingdom
PETER TEMPLE MORRIS

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United Kingdom
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Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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Ireland
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Ireland
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United Kingdom REASSURING THE PUBLIC

United Kingdom LESSONS OF MI6'S LIST OF SPIES

United Kingdom NEW LAWS FOR OLD SECRETS

United Kingdom CALL FOR PUSH AGAINST CRIME

Northern Ireland HISTORY OF THE IRA

United Kingdom THE SECRET COST OF RENOVATIONS

United Kingdom MI5 SAYS: "I TOLD YOU SO"

United Kingdom GAZ HUNTER

United Kingdom INQUIRY ON EX-SPY'S CLAIM

United Kingdom OPENNESS FOR ALL EXCEPT SPY AGENCIES

Libya PRINCE IDRIS AL-SENUSSI

United Kingdom INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES KEEP THEIR MONEY

United Kingdom JOHN GRIEVE

United Kingdom MI5 SLAMMED FOR INCOMPETENCE AGAINST IRA

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United Kingdom FEWER JOBS IN SPY COMMUNITY

Europe Belgium opens new file on killing

United Kingdom MI5 WHISTLE-BLOWER GOES INTO PRINT

United Kingdom WATCHING SADDAM'S FRIENDS

India, United Kingdom WEAPONS FOR ANANDA MARG

United Kingdom MILOSH STANKOVIC

Spotlight | United Kingdom SPY AGENCIES TO ACCOUNT FOR SPENDING

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United Kingdom HOW OPERATION AIRLINE BEAT IRA

United Kingdom JOHN ANTHONY CAVENDISH

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United Kingdom MI5 TO RECRUIT ON THE INTERNET

United Kingdom SHIFTS IN SIGHT FOR GCHQ

United Kingdom MOD EMBARRASSED BY ARMY SPIES

United Kingdom DARK SIDE OF POLICE VICTORY

United Kingdom BRITISH ROLL UP IRA SQUAD

United Kingdom A CIA TRAITOR'S IMPACT

Japan MI6 AND CIA ON THE MARCH

United Kingdom BT'S SECURITY HEADACHE

Germany, United Kingdom PROBE INTO ROGUE AGENTS

Northern Ireland FINAL GOODBYE FOR PARATROOPS

United Kingdom PETER TEMPLE MORRIS

United Kingdom BAD NEWS FOR GCHQ

United Kingdom ROBIN BUTLER

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom WHEN THE "SLEEPERS" AWAKE

United Kingdom FISHING FOR SECRETS ABROAD

United Kingdom THE LESLIE ASPIN LEGEND

United Kingdom MORE MI5 FOG AT THE CRASH

Iran, United Kingdom MAJOR MEDIA OPERATION

Ireland MADRONNA OFF TO A BAD START

Ireland MAJOR ROLL-UP OF BRIT SPIES

United Kingdom THE NEW MI6 CHIEF KNEW?

United Kingdom MI5 LEADS & ARMY WORRIES

Spotlight | United Kingdom MI6 LIFTS THE VEIL

Northern Ireland "DIRTY TRICKS" AND "SECRET" TALKS

United Kingdom INTELLIGENCE BOOKLET II ON JIC

United Kingdom MI5 WORRIED ABOUT NEW BOOK?

United Kingdom JOHN WHELLER

Spotlight | United Kingdom ANTI-IRA FAILURE

United Kingdom IRA & MI5 RACE AGAINST TIME

Spotlight | United Kingdom BLOWN ANTI-IRA OPS

United Kingdom MARGARET RAMSEY

United Kingdom

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United Kingdom MI5-MET INFIGHTING TO COME?

United Kingdom

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United Kingdom SPY MERGER UNDER FEMALE CHIEFS?

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The geopolitical power plays in Earth observation

Armenia, Azerbaijan, France
Information wars in the Caucasus

Europe, Russia
War in the 'grey zone': Russian intelligence preparations in Europe

China, Philippines, United States
The great US-China subsea cables race in the Pacific

Hungary
Viktor Orban's new security entourage

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Security, propaganda and the PLA: Xi Jinping forges new networks of influence

Insiders | Qatar
Barzan Holdings, Qatar's defence industry giant springing up out of the desert

United Kingdom
AGENTS "IN RED" A SECURITY RISK

United Kingdom
REASSURING THE PUBLIC

United Kingdom
LESSONS OF MI6'S LIST OF SPIES

United Kingdom
NEW LAWS FOR OLD SECRETS

United Kingdom
CALL FOR PUSH AGAINST CRIME

Northern Ireland
HISTORY OF THE IRA

United Kingdom
THE SECRET COST OF RENOVATIONS

United Kingdom
MI5 SAYS: "I TOLD YOU SO"

United Kingdom
GAZ HUNTER

United Kingdom
INQUIRY ON EX-SPY'S CLAIM

United Kingdom
OPENNESS FOR ALL EXCEPT SPY AGENCIES

Libya
PRINCE IDRIS AL-SENUSSI

United Kingdom
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES KEEP THEIR MONEY

United Kingdom
JOHN GRIEVE

United Kingdom
MI5 SLAMMED FOR INCOMPETENCE AGAINST IRA

Middle East, United Kingdom
SUPERGUN AFFAIR STALKS BRITISH AGENCIES

United Kingdom
FEWER JOBS IN SPY COMMUNITY

Europe
Belgium opens new file on killing

United Kingdom
MI5 WHISTLE-BLOWER GOES INTO PRINT

United Kingdom
WATCHING SADDAM'S FRIENDS

India, United Kingdom
WEAPONS FOR ANANDA MARG

United Kingdom
MILOSH STANKOVIC

Spotlight | United Kingdom
SPY AGENCIES TO ACCOUNT FOR SPENDING

United Kingdom
HOW MI5 GOT IT WRONG

United Kingdom
HOW OPERATION AIRLINE BEAT IRA

United Kingdom
JOHN ANTHONY CAVENDISH

Hong Kong
THE SUN NEVER SETS

United Kingdom
MI5 TO RECRUIT ON THE INTERNET

United Kingdom
SHIFTS IN SIGHT FOR GCHQ

United Kingdom
MOD EMBARRASSED BY ARMY SPIES

United Kingdom
DARK SIDE OF POLICE VICTORY

United Kingdom
BRITISH ROLL UP IRA SQUAD

United Kingdom
A CIA TRAITOR'S IMPACT

Japan
MI6 AND CIA ON THE MARCH

United Kingdom
BT'S SECURITY HEADACHE

Germany, United Kingdom
PROBE INTO ROGUE AGENTS

Northern Ireland
FINAL GOODBYE FOR PARATROOPS

United Kingdom
PETER TEMPLE MORRIS

United Kingdom
BAD NEWS FOR GCHQ

United Kingdom
ROBIN BUTLER

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
WHEN THE "SLEEPERS" AWAKE

United Kingdom
FISHING FOR SECRETS ABROAD

United Kingdom
THE LESLIE ASPIN LEGEND

United Kingdom
MORE MI5 FOG AT THE CRASH

Iran, United Kingdom
MAJOR MEDIA OPERATION

Ireland
MADRONNA OFF TO A BAD START

Ireland
MAJOR ROLL-UP OF BRIT SPIES

United Kingdom
THE NEW MI6 CHIEF KNEW?

United Kingdom
MI5 LEADS & ARMY WORRIES

Spotlight | United Kingdom
MI6 LIFTS THE VEIL

Northern Ireland
"DIRTY TRICKS" AND "SECRET" TALKS

United Kingdom
INTELLIGENCE BOOKLET II ON JIC

United Kingdom
MI5 WORRIED ABOUT NEW BOOK?

United Kingdom
JOHN WHELLER

Spotlight | United Kingdom
ANTI-IRA FAILURE

United Kingdom
IRA & MI5 RACE AGAINST TIME

Spotlight | United Kingdom
BLOWN ANTI-IRA OPS

United Kingdom
MARGARET RAMSEY

United Kingdom
GCHQ WORKED ON MR. MAXWELL

United Kingdom
MI5-MET INFIGHTING TO COME?

Northern Ireland
NEW SPY SUPREMO LIKELY

United Kingdom
MRS. RIMINGTON'S UNION FRIENDS

United Kingdom
SPY MERGER UNDER FEMALE CHIEFS?