The former Labour prime minister Harold Wilson, always said that he had been subjected to plots by MI5 to overthrow his government in the 1970s, a claim later denied by Baroness Manningham-Buller, the former MI5 director-general.
A bungling Russian agent avoided detection by MI5 at the height of the Cold War despite letting slip his identity and botching spy jobs, a new book reveals.
Can this small group of experts act as an effective counterbalance to organisations such as GCHQ, MI5 and MI6, which had a combined budget of £4.5bn in 2004-2005? ... provided by MI5 were “incorrect”.
... an MI5 agent ... MI5 itself states it “underwent far-reaching transformation under Dame Stella’s leadership”, reports the <em>BBC</em>.</p>.<p>But she never set out to be a spy.
Stella Rimington, the first female chief of Britain's MI5, has died at the age of 90. Her family says she died on Sunday, surrounded by loved ones. Rimington broke barriers as the first woman to lead a U.K. intelligence agency ... .
LONDON -- Stella Rimington, the first female chief of Britain's MI5 intelligence agency and later a successful thriller writer, has died, her family said Monday. She was 90 ... .
She was credited as the inspiration for Judi Dench’s M in James Bond films and was the first publicly named chief of Britain’s domestic intelligence service ... .
THE first female MI5 director general and inspiration behind Judi Dench’s M has sadly died aged 90 ... PA.Press AssociationIn 2001, the former MI5 director general sparked controversy with her memoir[/caption].