An appeal for information has been sent to all MI5 staff over false evidence the service gave to three courts in a neo-Nazi spy case. MI5's regulator is investigating how it came to make false claims ...

MI5 is set to pull the plug on sharing intelligence with the PSNI and withdraw from legacy investigations, a source has claimed. Spymasters in London are said to be set to throw the police under the ...

MI5 has a “blind spot” when it comes to dealing with the legacy of the Northern Ireland Troubles, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Chief Constable Jon Boutcher has said. The Chief ...

The Chief Constable faced questions at the Policing Board following the publication of the Operation Kenova report into the agent Stakeknife. The Chief Constable faced a call at the Policing Board for ...

Late release of MI5 Stakeknife files a ‘significant failure’, report says MI5’s initial failure to disclose all it knew about the Army’s top spy in the Provisional IRA during the Troubles was a ...

MI5 broke into a safe being used by Operation Kenova at its London HQ, an investigation into British agent Freddie Scappaticci has revealed. The British spy agency, which was involved in handling ...

MI5 turned a blind eye to “grotesque” crimes committed by a British spy who infiltrated the IRA during the Troubles, a damning report has found. Agent Stakeknife worked within the internal security ...

LONDON (AP) — The U.K.'s security services protected a top spy planted within the Irish Republican Army when they knew he was wanted by police for murder, and continued to suppress the truth about the ...

Britain’s top spy within the IRA committed ‘grotesque, serious crime’ including torture and murder with MI5's knowledge, a report has concluded. Long described as the Army’s ‘golden egg’, the agent, ...

Nine-year investigation paints highly critical picture of agency’s handling of double agent Who was Stakeknife? MI5 mole at the heart of IRA Britain’s security services allowed a top agent inside the ...

IRA spy Stakeknife was revealed to be west Belfast man Freddie Scappaticci, who died in 2023. The major investigation into the state agent in the IRA known as Stakeknife has revealed MI5 had a bigger ...