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NEWS ABOUT: MI5

MI5 stories: 9 news summaries

Living Costs for UK
Terror Suspects Top $1M

House arrest program for dangerous extremists under fire

Nov 17, 09 2:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Terror suspects have been paid over $1 million in living expenses in the last two years under a controversial British program that keeps them under virtual house arrest. The suspects—who security services say pose a threat, but who can't be prosecuted because evidence against them is too sensitive to... More »

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house arrest • Britain • MI5 • terror suspects

British Intelligence Had Mussolini on WWI Payroll

Dictator-in-training got $9,500 a week to help convince Italians to keep fighting

Oct 13, 09 9:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britain’s overseas intelligence service helped Benito Mussolini finance his first forays into Italian politics, newly uncovered documents show. Hoping to keep Italy on its side in 1917, during World War I, MI5 gave Mussolini, then 34 and editor of a right-wing newspaper, the equivalent of what’s now $9,... More »

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propaganda • Italy • MI5 • British Intelligence • Benito Mussolini • Fascism

(Newser) - Leave it to professors to nail down exactly what type of woman James Bond wants in bed. A team of pop culture researchers have pored over the mythical MI-5 spy's list of 195 female contacts in the first 20 Bond movies to determine the sex partner he most prefers: women... More »

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entertainment • women • sex • James Bond • Daniel Craig • Sean Connery • MI5 • Pierce Brosnan • 007 • blonde bombshells • Moonraker • Iam Flemming • brunette

Brits Missed Chances to
Nab Leader of London Attacks

But he was never
called a threat: report

May 19, 09 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - UK authorities crossed paths with the top planner of the 2005 London bombings six times, but never labeled him a threat, a parliamentary report out today concludes. Almost every time Mohammad Sidique Khan appeared on police and MI5 records, it was in connection with possible extremists, the Guardian reports. But... More »

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suicide bombing • British terror attacks • Britain • MI5 • London Underground • report • Mohammad Sidique Khan

Brits Condoned Torture, Aided Extraordinary Renditions: UN

UK a full partner in US terror effort, report says

Mar 13, 09 4:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Binyam Mohamed, a recently released Gitmo detainee, alleges that he was tortured in Morocco while asked questions on behalf of Britian’s MI5. His story so far has amounted to his word against MI5’s, but a new report supports the former detainee’s claim, the Economist reports. A UN... More »

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CIA • rendition • torture • human rights • Guantanamo Bay • human rights abuse • Britain • Guantanamo prisoners • MI5

Brits: Russia Played Role in Ex-KGB Agent's London Murder

'Clear indications it
was state action'

Jul 8, 08 6:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The murder of a former KGB agent in London 2 years ago was carried out with the support of the Russian government, British government sources have told the BBC. There are "very strong indications it was a state action," said one senior official. Alexander Litvinenko, who was mysteriously... More »

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Russia • Alexander Litvinenko • espionage • KGB • poison • spy • MI5

MI5 Implicated
in F1 Chief's Nazi Orgy

Spy canned after wife is revealed as one
of Mosley's hookers

May 18, 08 2:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - A British spy is out of a job following his admission that his wife was one of the five prostitutes who participated in Max Mosley's Nazi-themed orgy, reports the Times of London. Worse yet, the wife was purportedly behind the camera, though MI5 yesterday denied Mosley's accusation that it set... More »

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prostitution • Formula One • Nazi • Britain • MI5 • prostitute • Max Mosley • Oswald Mosley

UK Intelligence 'Sent Citizens to Be Tortured'

MI5 outsourced brutal interrogations to Pakistan, say lawyers

Apr 29, 08 3:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - British intelligence officers have been accused of sending citizens to a Pakistani agency to be tortured, reports the Guardian. MI5 officials requested Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Agency to arrest British terror suspects in the country, where they were subjected to beatings, whippings, sleep deprivation and fingernail extraction, according to lawyers... More »

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War on Terror • torture • Pakistan • intelligence • United Kingdom • Inter Service Intelligence • MI5 • intelligence agencies

Brits Used Astrologer Against Hitler

Declassified files
tell of  'star wars'
strategy in WWII

Mar 4, 08 9:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Some British strategists saw the outcome of World War II written in the stars, according to newly declassified documents that reveal the role of an astrologer in predicting Adolf Hilter's moves. An intelligence agency employed a colorful character who claimed to be able to use astrological readings to, as one... More »

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Germany • espionage • England • Adolf Hitler • World War II • MI5 • Astrology

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