Though many apply, only a few have the skills and patience to make it as a “watcher” an MI5 training manual published for the ...

MI5’s top interrogator was baffled by Kim Philby, admitting he could not determine whether he was a Soviet spy, according to newly declassified intelligence files. Jim Skardon, a former ...

Newly declassified files show the actor’s name was on a list of ‘practising British homosexuals’ passed to the Russians. Film star Dirk Bogarde was warned by MI5 that he could be the target ...

Some MI5 material relating to its involvement with a teenager who was charged with terrorism before taking her own life is being "withheld" from her inquest but is "not a cause for concern", a ...

For new spies, it was a guide for your eyes only. But in 1951 it seems life in the shadows was less glamorous than a James Bond movie. New recruits faced a strict selection criteria with only men ...

The manual gives instructions on preferred appearances, disguises and how to follow targets – but warns against fake moustaches Spies have long been famed for their elaborate disguises, which ...

Cambridge spy Kim Philby had no regrets about his treachery, his interrogators said after he was unmasked. The double agent’s confession has been published in full for the first time in newly ...

LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II wasn’t told details of her long-time art adviser’s double life as a Soviet spy because palace officials didn’t want to add to her worries, newly ...

Some MI5 material relating to its involvement with a teenager who was charged with terrorism before she took her own life is being “withheld” from her inquest but is “not a cause for concern ...

Avoid false beards, carry plenty of spare change and know what to do when you need to tell a taxi driver "follow that cab!" - these were some of the tips given to rookie MI5 "watchers". Their job ...