Government apology to barrister raided in CIA torture case

Rachel Toney is security-cleared to represent Abu Faraj al-Libi's interests at secret hearings.
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Blaise Metreweli becomes first woman to lead MI6 as UK faces escalating threats from China, Iran and beyond; here’s what we know

Britain has named Blaise Metreweli as the next Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), marking the first time a woman will lead the UK's foreign intelligence agency. Prime Minister Keir ...
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Dame Stella Rimington, the first female director general of MI5, dies

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dame Stella Rimington was the director general of MI5 between 1992 and 1996 - Julian Simmonds Dame Stella Rimington, the first ...
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MI6 gets its first female chief, years after Judi Dench played Bond's boss

LONDON — Q is becoming C. The head of technology and innovation at Britain's MI6 foreign intelligence agency — the real-life equivalent of James Bond's gadget-master Q — has been promoted to the ...
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Britain's MI6 intelligence service to be led by woman for first time

June 16 (UPI) --British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the first woman head of the country's secret intelligence service, MI6, since it was formed in 1909. Blaise Metreweli will be promoted ...
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Stella Rimington, Britain’s first female MI5 spy chief, dies at 90

LONDON (AP) — Stella Rimington, the first female chief of Britain’s MI5 intelligence agency and later a successful thriller writer, has died, her family said Monday. She was 90. The first woman to ...
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U.K. High Court slams MI5 over informant deception and lack of transparency

LONDON — A High Court ruling in London Wednesday has cast a critical spotlight on Britain's MI5 domestic intelligence agency. A ruling by a three-judge panel at London's High Court cited the agency's ...