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Who are the Ukrainian ‘traitors’ passing secrets to Russia?

Who are the Ukrainian ‘traitors’ passing secrets to Russia?
Top prosecutor becomes most senior official arrested since invasion began
7 Apr 2022
FBI sting nets couple who hid atomic secrets in peanut butter sandwich

FBI sting nets couple who hid atomic secrets in peanut butter sandwich
US navy engineer charged with trying to sell sensitive nuclear submarine data
11 Oct 2021
What we know about the Berlin embassy spy

What we know about the Berlin embassy spy
Ministers under pressure to explain how private contractor was given security job
13 Aug 2021
Can you solve GCHQ’s LGBT-themed Alan Turing brain-teaser?

Can you solve GCHQ’s LGBT-themed Alan Turing brain-teaser?
Spooks release puzzle as £50 note dedicated to the code breaker enters circulation
23 Jun 2021
Four things you may not know about John le Carre

Four things you may not know about John le Carre
Famed espionage novelist dies from pneumonia at age of 89
14 Dec 2020
Why everybody’s talking about undercover policing

Why everybody’s talking about undercover policing
Long-delayed investigation into abuses by ‘spycops’ is one of the most complicated in British legal history
12 Nov 2020
Debate: should British spies be given a ‘licence to kill’?

Debate: should British spies be given a ‘licence to kill’?
Government to push through law offering protections to secret agents
23 Sep 2020

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Declassified tapes give insight into workings of the Stasi

Declassified tapes give insight into workings of the Stasi
Trove of classified recordings includes interrogations by communist secret police
16 Jul 2020
GCHQ reveals five secret WWII code-breaking sites

GCHQ reveals five secret WWII code-breaking sites
British spy agency marks its centenary by disclosing wartime eavesdropping locations
1 Nov 2019
Can The Little Drummer Girl top The Night Manager?

Can The Little Drummer Girl top The Night Manager?
BBC bosses hope latest John Le Carre adaptation will prove as popular as its hugely successful predecessor
23 Oct 2018