Posted on 02/12/2025 7:09:25 AM PST by RandFan
MI5 lied to three courts while defending its handling of a misogynistic neo-Nazi state agent who attacked his girlfriend with a machete, the BBC can reveal.
Arguing for secrecy, the Security Service told judges it had stuck to its policy of not confirming or denying informants' identities.
In fact, MI5 had disclosed the man's status in phone calls to me, as it tried to persuade me not to investigate the man - known publicly only as agent X.
The service aggressively maintained its position until I produced evidence proving it was untrue, including a recording of one of the calls.
The BBC can reveal:
• MI5 first lied in a court case where the government attempted to block the BBC from reporting on agent X's wrongdoing - and succeeded in banning us from naming the foreign national
• The Security Service then repeated the lie to a specialist court, where the woman attacked with a machete - known by the alias Beth - is seeking answers about MI5's handling of its agent
• It repeated the lie again to a judicial review, where Beth was challenging the specialist court's decision
• A senior officer said he was legally authorised to tell me X was an agent - so MI5 had not stuck to its policy of not confirming or denying agents' identities
• The director general of MI5 phoned the BBC's director general to cast doubt on the corporation's original story about agent X, wrongly calling it "inaccurate"
In an unprecedented admission, MI5 has now issued an "unreserved apology" to the BBC and all three courts, describing what happened as a "serious error" and saying "MI5 takes full responsibility".
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
“and saying “MI5 takes full responsibility”
So who is going to prison?
L
Why are we still playing the Neo-NAZI, KKK, White Supremacist bullshit. There’s one behind every tree.
“Spies lie but they’re not meant get caught” the reporter says
Courtesy of MI5, the FBI etc etc.
What more can you expect from Perfidious Albion?
I can kind of understand to a certain degree that counter-intelligence is a dirty but often necessary business which requires certain human ‘assets’ to be protected from justice in order to serve a greater good.
Its not great, but the alternative could be worse.
I’m sorry, are you suggesting that the CIA/Homeland doesn’t get up to the exact same kind of shenanigans?
What does the US have to do with this story?
UK deep state.
It’s the same the world over
Just saying that intelligence agencies doing things that are morally questionable is hardly something unique to Britain. I guarantee you every single intelligence agency around the world does similar.
Sad but true.
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