MAJOR MEDIA OPERATION

NEW LAWS FOR OLD SECRETS 

The British government is considering amendments to the 1989 Official

CALL FOR PUSH AGAINST CRIME 

David Bickford, legal advisor to MI5 and MI6 from 1987 to 1996, has urged changes in UK law to allow

THE SECRET COST OF RENOVATIONS 

Prime minister Tony Blair has intervened to prevent publication of

MI5 SAYS: "I TOLD YOU SO" 

The British government could have spared itself the embarrassment that followed the Oct. 26 resignation of Welsh secretary Ron Davies

INQUIRY ON EX-SPY'S CLAIM 

The all-party Commons Intelligence and Security Committee has recommended a full judicial inquiry into allegations by ex-MI5 spy David Shayler

OPENNESS FOR ALL EXCEPT SPY AGENCIES 

The British intelligence and security agencies MI6, MI5 and GCHQ as well as the SAS will not be called upon

PRINCE IDRIS AL-SENUSSI 

Prince Idris al-Senussi, a London-based cousin of the former Libyan ruler King Idris, may be called to give evidence on

RUPERT BOWEN 

When foreign secretary Robin Cook testified before the British parliament's foreign affairs select committee on July 16 he maintained that

INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES KEEP THEIR MONEY 

Britain's intelligence agencies have escaped significant financial cuts despite predictions earlier this month that MI5, MI6 and GCHQ would face

JOHN GRIEVE 

Scotland Yard deputy commissioner John Grieve, who heads the Metropolitan police's anti-terrorist unit SO13, has been appointed to the newly-created

MI5 SLAMMED FOR INCOMPETENCE AGAINST IRA 

The British security service MI5 could have prevented an IRA

SUPERGUN AFFAIR STALKS BRITISH AGENCIES 

A British high court judge has ordered the Department of Trade and Industry to pay the legal costs of Gerald

FEWER JOBS IN SPY COMMUNITY 

According to figures released by the Cabinet Office, the number

MI5 WHISTLE-BLOWER GOES INTO PRINT 

A 54-year-old British engineer, Anthony Holland, who claims to have

WATCHING SADDAM'S FRIENDS 

Despite the agreement brokered by U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan in

HOW OPERATION AIRLINE BEAT IRA 

An 11 week trial at the Old Bailey in London which saw six IRA active service unit (ASU) men convicted

JOHN ANTHONY CAVENDISH 

Despite Home Office warnings that all former intelligence and security service staff face prosecution if they write about their covert

MI5 TO RECRUIT ON THE INTERNET 

To promote its policy of greater openness, MI5 is to launch an Internet web site later this year to provide

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

MOD EMBARRASSED BY ARMY SPIES 

A spokesman for Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed that an internal investigation is being conducted into complaints from

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

BRITISH ROLL UP IRA SQUAD 

Firing so-called "rip rounds" of CS gas dust, the British authorities conducted dawn raids on two houses in south London

A CIA TRAITOR'S IMPACT 

The United States still hasn't told the British government exactly how much damage CIA traitor Aldrich Ames inflicted on British

FINAL GOODBYE FOR PARATROOPS 

When the British Parachute Regiment's 2nd battalion completes its two year tour of duty in Northern Ireland by Aug. 31

PETER TEMPLE MORRIS 

Regarded as one of the best informed conservative MP's on Irish affairs, Peter Temple Morris, co-chairman of the influential Anglo-Irish

BAD NEWS FOR GCHQ 

A committee looking into the capability, tasks and management structure at GCHQ Cheltenham at prime minister John Major's bidding is

WHEN THE "SLEEPERS" AWAKE 

What could well be the last in a series of major IRA-related trials ended at the Old Bailey in London

THE LESLIE ASPIN LEGEND 

A book published in New York last month has shed fresh light on the career of Leslie Aspin, former MI6

MORE MI5 FOG AT THE CRASH 

Extremely tight security, including a Defence Notice (Directive 6) which bans reporting on intelligence matters, still covers the helicopter crash

MADRONNA OFF TO A BAD START 

Hailed as the "biggest joint anti-IRA operation ever mounted" in the Ireland and Great Britain, Operation Madronna began on 19

MAJOR ROLL-UP OF BRIT SPIES 

According to Irish sources, the Garda Special Branch (SB) and G2 army intelligence have been involved for almost two years

THE NEW MI6 CHIEF KNEW? 

Despite a Foreign Office (FO) statement that David Rowland Spedding, the new head of the MI6 Secret Intelligence Service (I.N.

MI5 LEADS & ARMY WORRIES 

Political lobbyists in Westminster claim senior Conservative MPs are "advising" Prime Minister John Mayor to extend MI5's primary role in

"DIRTY TRICKS" AND "SECRET" TALKS 

According to Intelligence Newsletter sources in Ireland, information recently leaked to the media exposing secret contacts between the British government

INTELLIGENCE BOOKLET II ON JIC 

A sharp public relations exercise was staged at the Cabinet Office in Downing Street on 1 October to promote the

MI5 WORRIED ABOUT NEW BOOK? 

Stephen Dorril, a British journalist specialized in investigating the intelligence

JOHN WHELLER 

Following the resignation on 25 June of Michael Mates in relation to the Asil Nadir scandal (I.N. n. 219), the

IRA & MI5 RACE AGAINST TIME 

Under the recent operation Rolling Rock, at least thirty armed vehicle check points (VCP) were established at random times and

In spite of press reports, two meetings apparently took place

MI5-MET INFIGHTING TO COME? 

The command structure in the campaign against IRA on the British mainland is being radically reformed with the Security Service,

One of the first tasks facing the newly appointed Home

NEW SPY SUPREMO LIKELY 

A senior MI5 official is currently in Belfast conducting a secret review of intelligence gathering in Northern Ireland and the

SPY MERGER UNDER FEMALE CHIEFS? 

The appointment of the first woman director of MI5 - and also the first public naming of MI5"s chief -

Parliamentary Revolt Probable 

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