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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Jill Lawless

UK intelligence watchdog raps MI5 for lying to courts about a neo-Nazi informer

Britain MI5 - (Jonathan Brady/PA Pool via AP)

The British government said Thursday it will keep the country’s spies on a tighter rein after a report found MI5 misled courts about its ties to a neo-Nazi informer accused of attacking his partner.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she is taking “urgent action” to strengthen oversight of the U.K.’s domestic security service after a tribunal found MI5 repeatedly gave “a false account” of what had happened.

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