The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki is a major blow for al-Qaeda
Another bombing raid, and another al-Qaeda terrorist mastermind bites the dust. The latest attack, which is said to have killed Anwar al-Awlaki, the Yemeni-born terrorist who masterminded the East...
View ArticleWilliam Hague's tribute to Britain's fallen spies is long overdue
William Hague's public tribute today to the scores of MI6 agents who have lost their lives trying to save this country from harm is long overdue. Because of the very nature of intelligence work it is...
View ArticleMoazzem Begg and friends owe MI6 and MI5 an apology
If, as is expected, MI5 and MI6 are cleared of allegations that they were complicit in torture, then I think it is incumbent on all those – the BBC, Moazzem Begg, Clive Stafford-smith et al – who have...
View ArticleThank goodness Nick Clegg isn't in charge of national security
Nick Clegg has just given yet another example of why he and his woolly-minded Liberal Democrats should never be allowed to govern this country. As Deputy Prime Minister, one of Mr Clegg's fundamental...
View ArticleThanks to our courts, British spies are being forced to duplicate the CIA's work
The co-operation between US and British intelligence is supposed to be the closest in the world. If, as Robert Winnett reports today, that relationship has partially broken down and the US is now...
View ArticleWhy the Gareth Williams case could have disastrous consequences for Britain's...
A coroner told us yesterday that, “on the balance of probabilities”, the death of Gareth Williams was likely to have been “criminally mediated”. In other words, this talented young spy was murdered –...
View ArticleThe Al-Qaeda underwear bomber and the CIA leaks: loose lips sink spies
This week began with news of a remarkable intelligence coup. It has ended in ignominy, and a reminder that the pathological leakiness of the American bureaucracy has consequences for counterterrorism....
View ArticleA nuclear-armed Iran by 2014? The free world must not allow this to happen
As The Telegraph’s Christopher Hope has just reported, Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) is warning that Iran is likely to achieve its goal of developing nuclear weapons by 2014. The head of...
View ArticleMI6 exposes the truth about Iran's quest for nuclear weapons
Something I find remarkable about Iran's nuclear programme is that they are still some naive people in this world who cling to the notion that Iran's nuclear intentions are entirely peaceful. Only last...
View ArticleMI5 does not take kindly to outsiders
The appointment of Andrew Parker as the new Director General of the Security Service, MI5, is a timely reminder of how resistant the organisation is to outside interference in its affairs. I am...
View ArticleEvening Briefing: Spooks in the spotlight
This is the @TelePolitics Evening Briefing. Sign up to get it delivered to your inbox OUT OF THE SHADOWS The heads of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ gave evidence to Parliament’s Intelligence and Security...
View ArticleBanning the Muslim Brotherhood would be a welcome step in the war on militant...
Reports today that David Cameron is planning to ban the Muslim Brotherhood from operating in Britain is a welcome signal that the Government is finally waking up to the mounting threat that Islamist...
View ArticleTorture is 'not who we are', say Americans. Really? It doesn't sound like it
If you want to understand how fundamentally skewed the debate over the use of torture after 9/11 has become in the United States, look no further than the fall-out over the vote to declassify a...
View ArticleFive reasons why Putin's new buddy Edward Snowden is no saint
Edward Snowden is back in the headlines. This time he's sucking up to Putin. Last year, for my first Halloween in Washington, I dressed up as Edward Snowden. I borrowed a jacket festooned with CDs and...
View ArticleA terrorist storm is heading for the West, and the brutal ISIS is behind it
Video above: a BBC interview with a British ISIS fighter in Syria. At the Daily Beast, Eli Lake is reporting that more than 100 Americans are fighting in Syria. This US assessment chimes with the...
View ArticleThree observations on the Isis leader's video
Dressed in black robes and spewing hate, Isis leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has emerged from the shadows. In his Friday sermon at the Al-Noree mosque in central Mosul, al-Baghdadi promised not to rest...
View ArticleThe Democrats are pursuing a dangerous publicity stunt against the CIA
Video above: Back in March, CIA Director John Brennan denied allegations that the CIA had hacked into US Senate computers. In Washington, August is normally a quiet month. Not this time. This August,...
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