For years he was the most valuable British spy inside the IRA during the Troubles in Northern Ireland - The security services ...

The revelation that key documents were withheld from an inquiry on MI5 and its spy in the IRA has cast further light on ...

The final report into the British army/MI5 agent known as Stakeknife once again illustrated how during the Troubles the lives ...

PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher has described the Government's refusal to let Operation Kenova name the Army agent codenamed Stakeknife as becoming a "pantomime". The final report into the ...

MI5 alerts the UK about spies hiding in plain sight. Discover the threats posed by Chinese intelligence and government action ...

The UK's domestic spy service MI5 knew that a British double agent in the Irish Republican Army (IRA) had committed murders and then tried to hinder a police investigation and "conceal the truth", an ...

Pressure is growing on the Government to name Stakeknife after the publication of the final report from Operation Kenova.

Britain's domestic intelligence agency MI5 allowed a double agent to commit murders during three decades of sectarian ...

Stakeknife was a member of the IRA but also gave information to the army. The spy was linked to 14 murders and 15 abductions.

Concerns are raised over whether the MI5 can be trusted to provide full evidence to courts and investigations following the findings of Operation Kenova.

MI5's failure to disclose Freddie Scappaticci's role as Stakeknife shocks the public. Operation Kenova reveals the truth ...