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MI5 spies can kill without fear of prosecution if they can prove public interest, High Court rules
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MI5 is the branch of state intelligence that deals specifically with internal security. The other branch, MI6, deals with overseas activities. The disturbing implication is that MI5 can act with impunity, including acts of murder, against British citizens in the name of national security. The powers granted to it are secret and beyond public scrutiny in the courts. That means Britain’s secret services are now officially untouchable and above the law. This is a description fitting for a police state, not a supposed democracy which proclaims to be under the rule of law.
. . . this ruling for now permits MI5 to continue to authorize informant or agent involvement in serious crime.
MI5 spies can kill without fear of prosecution if they can prove public interest, High Court rules
originally posted by: Kester
I've experienced the most absurd harassment from MI5. So stupid it isn't worth recounting. Probably deliberately so. You can always tell them from their unique facial expression. They look as if they have a boulder in their belly from all the 'very important' secrets they hold. Idiots.
So you trust the oversight? Cuz that's the key!
originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: Kester
If that British citizen is planning or in the process of killing other British citizens then the Security Services have my blessing to put a bullet or two into said British citizen.
MI5 spies can kill without fear of prosecution if they can prove public interest, High Court rules
As long as they are still subject to judicial oversight I don't see the problem with taking the trash out.
So you trust the oversight? Cuz that's the key!