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Government orders Tory MPs to grant covert agents a ‘licence to kill’
The Palace of Westminster in London
TORIES were ordered today to grant covert agents a “licence to kill” by rejecting changes proposed to the “dangerous” Spycops Bill.
The government urged MPs to vote against an amendment to the Covert and Human Intelligence Sources Bill, which would ban covert agents participating in murder and rape.
The Bill, which is in its final stages before passing into law, proposes to grant undercover agents immunity from civil and criminal prosecution for committing authorised crimes.
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