MI5 have been economical with the truth. They did not present the full picture to the Intelligence and Security Committee. The Chair of the ISC, Kim Howells, made himself look a bit of a stooge when he attempted to defend MI5 on the Today programme this morning. As this current crop of MP’s cannot be trusted to look after anything but their own interests, it is not really surprising that MI5 chose to withhold 42 documents from the committee. Many MI5 officers must despise their so-called political masters.
We are constantly told just how important ‘national security’ is yet there clearly are few effective checks on the security services. To rely on placemen like Howells – who must surely have known about the missing documents when he spoke this morning – is a cause for considerable concern.
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