A spat between the police and secret services escalated yesterday as the London Metropolitan Police confirmed it was investigating whether its case on MI6 complicity with torture was itself spied on.
The Met was forced to admit that its investigation into British intelligence services’ involvement in the rendition of Libyan rebels could have been compromised.
The discovery that MI6 had eavesdropped on lawyer-client communications linked to the case was first made by legal charity Reprieve.
The Met Police's refusal to act against British nationals accused of war crimes in Gaza is a green light for Israel's genocide, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Newly revealed documents reveal that MI5 taught Brazilian secret police the techniques deployed by the 1964-85 military dictatorship in horrific prisons like Rio de Janeiro’s House of Death. SARA VIVACQUA reports
Inspired by a hit TV show, KEITH FLETT takes a look at the murky history of undercover class war
JOHN GREEN has doubts about the efficacy of the Freedom of Information Act, once trumpeted by Tony Blair


