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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Flora Thompson

MI5 slammed after ‘serious failings’ led to courts receiving false evidence

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood insists she will hold MI5 to account (PA) - (PA Wire)

The Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced her intention to take “urgent action” to hold MI5 to account after a report found “serious failings” by its officers led to courts being given false evidence.

Mahmood made the vow following the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, Sir Brian Leveson, publishing a report on Thursday which identified “systemic failures” in the security service’s conduct in the so-called Agent X case.

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