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  Government lawyer tells court M15 officers could authorise murder

  

  theguardian.com

  Admission came hours before bill allowing continuation of controversial powers passed the CommonsGovernment lawyers have told a court that MI5 officers could authorise an informer to carry out a murder under controversial powers that ministers want to see continued contained in a bill that passed the Commons hours later.The admission came in a court of appeal hearing on Wednesday when Sir James Eadie, representing the government, was asked if there was “a power for a Security Service officer to authorise an agent to execute an extremely hostile individual”. Continue reading...

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  No 10 rejects plan for peers to examine genocide claims

  

  theguardian.com

  Amendment to trade bill proposing House of Lords members examine genocide claims is not workable, peers...

  Amendment to trade bill proposing House of Lords members examine genocide claims is not workable, peers are toldA compromise in the long-running battle to secure UK judicial input into whether foreign powers are committing genocide appears to have collapsed after protests from No 10.An amendment to the trade bill due to be debated in the Lords on Tuesday proposes that a committee of five...

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  MI6 kept quiet about 'criminality' of agent with ‘licence to kill’

  

  theguardian.com

  UK foreign secretary not told about behaviour of ‘high risk agent’ when asked to re-authorise special...

  UK foreign secretary not told about behaviour of ‘high risk agent’ when asked to re-authorise special statusMI6 failed to make clear to the foreign secretary that a “high risk agent” operating overseas had probably engaged in “serious criminality” until it was pointed out by an independent regulator last year.The spy agency was asking the minister – either Dominic Raab or his predecessor, Jeremy Hunt...

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  U.K. Security Service Can Let Informants Commit Crimes, Court Rules

  

  nytimes.com

  The service, known as MI5, argued that sources sometimes had to be allowed to break the...

  The service, known as MI5, argued that sources sometimes had to be allowed to break the law so that officers could prevent more serious offenses. Critics say the policy offers de facto impunity.

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