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- Events surrounding the publication of the Russia report reveal as much about the poor state of the Government’s relations with the Intelligence and Security Committee as those with Russia. Reform is necessary to preserve the ISC’s independence.
- When will the Intelligence and Security Committee be appointed and what is on the committee’s agenda?
- What impact has the general election had on the work of the Intelligence and Security Committee?
- The government’s refusal to release the Intelligence and Security Committee’s report into Russian activities against the UK is part of a worrying pattern of obstruction and delay
- International Women’s Day 2020: a survey of women’s presence on intelligence oversight committees
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- babr on New appointment to the Intelligence and Security Committee
- Bachelor of Interior Program Telkom University on Contrasting responses to US surveillance in Germany and the UK
- Spies in Parliament: not as unusual as you might think – PSA Parliaments on Spies in Parliament: not as unusual as you might think
- David Boothroyd on Spies in Parliament: not as unusual as you might think
- The Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee: a committee in decline? – PSA Parliaments Group on New Book – Watching the Watchers: Parliament and the Intelligence Services
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Author Archives: Andrew Defty
Time to adopt a different approach to appointing members of the Intelligence and Security Committee
This post first appeared on the Democratic Audit blog in March 2015. In the last two weeks the Intelligence and Security Committee has lost its Chair, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, who remains as a member of the committee, and one of … Continue reading
Jobs for the boys? Women members of the Intelligence and Security Committee
In a publication clearly timed to coincide with this weekend’s International Women’s Day the Intelligence and Security Committee has published a report on Women in the UK Intelligence Community. The report reveals somewhat disappointing, if not entirely surprising, information about … Continue reading
Sir Malcolm Rifkind’s status as Chair of the ISC
The ‘cash for access’ allegations against that the former foreign secretaries, Jack Straw and Sir Malcolm Rifkind, have led to both being suspended from their parliamentary parties. There are clearly wider questions to be answered about the outside interests of … Continue reading
Submission to Investigatory Powers Review
This is our submission to the Investigatory Powers Review, currently being undertaken by David Anderson, QC, the Government’s Independent Reviewer of Anti-Terrorism Legislation. The review was announced by the Home Secretary in July to look in particular at: the capabilities … Continue reading
Has the Intelligence and Security Committee leaked again?
In an interesting article in Saturday’s edition of The Daily Telegraph the paper’s security correspondent, Tom Whitehead, provided details of the forthcoming Intelligence and Security Committee report on the murder of Lee Rigby. This is the second substantive newspaper article … Continue reading