Overseas Intelligence Sharing
The number of requests for UK ministerial approval for intelligence-sharing with overseas authorities where there is a real risk of torture, unlawful killing, or extraordinary rendition has more than doubled in a year. The investigatory powers commissioner’s report reveals the rise in cases, with human rights group Reprieve stating that Continue Reading
Sir Vernon Kell – The Gentleman Spook
Major-General Sir Vernon Kell (Director 1909–40) Major-General Vernon George Waldegrave Kell (1873–1942) was the co-founder and first Director of the Security Service. As an officer of the South Staffordshire Regiment of the British Army, he served in Russia and China, where he fought in the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, and Continue Reading
