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Recent Posts
- 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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Tony Banks, EDMs, and the MI5 pigeon plot
Following from my previous post in relation to MPs’ use of Early Day Motions to raise concerns relating to the work of the intelligence and security agencies, my favourite intelligence related EDM was tabled by the Labour MP, Tony Banks, who died … Continue reading
Tom Watson’s Early Day Motion on ‘Mass Surveillance’
The Labour MP, Tom Watson, has tabled an Early Day Motion expressing concern at the surveillance of the internet activity of British citizens. It follows from evidence given this week to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, by Charles Farr, Director of the … Continue reading
New appointment to the Intelligence and Security Committee
The Labour MP, Fiona Mactaggart, has been appointed to the Intelligence and Security Committee to replace the late Paul Goggins , who died in January. Mactaggart is the first new member of the Committee to be appointed since the ISC … Continue reading
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Has the Intelligence and Security Committee leaked?
It is often claimed, not least by members of the Committee itself, that the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) differs from other parliamentary committees in that it does not leak. Members of the ISC, who operate ‘within the ring of … Continue reading
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Some previous posts
I’ve written a number of posts on the issue of intelligence oversight on a range of different blogs so this would seem like an appropriate moment to draw them together. In July 2011, I wrote a short piece on reform of … Continue reading
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