By G.F. | PRAGUE LEONID SHEBARSHIN, who died last week aged 77, was no ordinary KGB officer. The dark-haired graduate of Moscow's prestigious Institute of International Relations had risen to head the service's foreign intelligence directorate in 1991 when his boss, KGB chairman Vladimir Kryuchkov, took part in the coup d'état attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev. Shebarshin declined to back the plot
In a televised address, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani defended his spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate.Credit...Banaras Khan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — For the second time in five months, the Pakistani authorities have angered the Central Intelligence Agency by tipping the Pakistani news media to the identity of the C.I.A. station chief in Isl
Mr Hague called the disaster a 'misunderstanding'... clearly he was trying to put the best face on it – as in the politician's motto, 'Who Dares Spins' I arrived for William Hague's statement on the Libyan debacle, just in time to see the home secretary leave. She was wearing a startling sand-coloured trouser suit. Heavens, I thought, they're not sending Theresa out there? Not that she could have
The prime minister's official spokesman was reluctant to reveal details, partly due to the involvement of special forces, but told a briefing Hague had approved the operation "in the normal way". It was impossible to discern from the briefing whether David Cameron had been specifically informed in advance, but it was stressed that the prime minister and the foreign secretary are in constant contac
A British diplomatic effort to reach out to Libyan rebels has ended in humiliation as a team of British special forces and intelligence agents left Benghazi after being briefly detained. The six SAS troops and two MI6 officers were seized by Libyan rebels in the eastern part of the country after arriving by helicopter four days ago. They left on HMS Cumberland, the frigate that had docked in Bengh
The US Army has charged a soldier held in connection with the leak of US government documents published by the Wikileaks website with 22 extra counts. The new charges against Private First Class Bradley Manning include aiding the enemy, a capital offence, but prosecutors have said they will not seek the death penalty.
A Liberal Democrat MP who hired an alleged Russian spy as his research assistant has tabled a series of parliamentary questions about Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent and the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston since the election. Mike Hancock yesterday insisted there was nothing unusual about asking for the locations of berths for submarines as he launched a staunch defence of Katia Za
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