Cabinet Office papers expose Thatcher’s anxiety over the famous book, and the difference between governing in the 1980s and the modern information age.
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John le Carré and Ian Fleming, the world’s most famous spy novelists, share experience in UK intelligence and difficult childhoods. But their heroes, George Smiley and James Bond, are very different.
American intelligence has recognised there are four reasons why a ‘normal’ person might be convinced to spy.
Proposals to toughen the Official Secrets Act are the latest in a long history of efforts designed to prevent government embarrassment.
The former boss of British intelligence has lashed out at spy novelist John le Carré. The novelist is rather pleased.
Campaigners in the UK are pushing to protect privacy and make the security services more accountable.
Letters of apology are welcome but where is the official inquiry into claims of ill-treatment and rendition by Britain’s spies?
Claims that the Manchester Arena bombing could have been stopped are too simplistic.
Security guarantees are impossible, but too many dangerous individuals are falling through the cracks.
The security services have had eyes on many Labour MPs over the years.
History is littered with the debris of the all too often abusive relationship between the intelligence community and those in power.
UK diplomats are thoroughly briefed on the pitfalls that could trap them on overseas service.
The government is set to increase its use of punitive security measures against individuals it can’t bring to court.
By choosing to talk to MI5’s most outspoken press critics, the spy boss has made a very shrewd move.
Look back centuries ago and you’ll find the same obsessive secrecy, and the same justifications, as seen today.
The UK’s last inmate at Guantanamo Bay has finally been brought home – but the matter of Britain’s role in the War on Terror is by no means resolved.
New papers shed light on the aftermath of the dramatic flight of two of the notorious ‘Cambridge Spies’.
Two decades ago, MI5’s archives were surrounded by secrecy like that of the royal archives. There’s a reason this has changed.
Police and spies’ calls for more powers should fall on deaf ears until they have learned the letter of the law.
A powerful intelligence lobby made up of former defence ministers, police chiefs and intelligence commissioners has emerged in British politics, determined to push for greater powers and resources for…
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Lecturer in Intelligence and Security Studies, Brunel University London
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Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies, University of Salford
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Reader in Journalism, City, University of London
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Professor of Law, Durham University
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Professor of Technology & Society, Bangor University
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Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Professor of British and Commonwealth History, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Liverpool
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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Lecturer in Strategy and Defence, University of Exeter
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Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor in History, Bath Spa University
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Course Director, History, Coventry University
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Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Media Arts and Technology, Solent University
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Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Associate, Lancaster University
