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MI6 failed to make clear to the Foreign Secretary that one of its spies overseas had gone rogue and engaged in serious criminal activity, a new report by Britain’s intelligence watchdog has revealed. The intelligence agency had been asking for renewed authorisation of the agent’s activities without being clear about the agent’s behaviour, the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office (IPCO) latest annual report says. IPCO has censured MI6, or the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), for a range of shortcomings in its handling of its agents in the report, saying the Government “ought ...

MI6 failed to make clear to the Foreign Secretary that one of its spies overseas had gone rogue and engaged in serious criminal activity, a new report by Britain’s intelligence watchdog has revealed. The intelligence agency had been asking for renewed authorisation of the agent’s activities without being clear about the agent’s behaviour, the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office (IPCO) latest annual report says. IPCO has censured MI6, or the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), for a range of shortcomings in its handling of its agents in the report, saying the Government “ought ...

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MI6 failed to tell Foreign Secretary about rogue agent involved in 'serious criminality' The Government has been told to 'carefully consider' whether greater oversight is needed in how agents are run overseas 15 December 2020 • 10:07pm MI6 knew a “high-risk” agent may have become involved in serious criminality but failed to make it clear to the Foreign Secretary that the spy had gone rogue, a report has revealed. The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), better known as MI6, was censured by the intelligence watchdog for several shortcomings in how agents and moles are handled. The Investi...

The agent, probably an undercover informant in an undisclosed country, had previously been warned by MI6 that breaching its red lines would result in the end of their relationship. But when the agent’s conduct fell short, MI6 failed to make their criminality “expressly clear” to Whitehall when it tried to renew their authorisation. The Commissioner, which examines the use of covert powers by Britain’s intelligence services, revealed the incident in its annual report. MI6 had been seeking to authorise the agent’s activities under Section 7 of the act, sometimes called the “licence...