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Afghanistan, British Army, Helmand

A Lack of Cover

The deaths of British soldiers in Afghanistan are not being given prominence in the press because the MoD is restricting […]

"War on Terror", CIA, Intelligence, Rendition, Secret Prisons

Libya says missing CIA prisoner "committed suicide"

By Stephen Grey ONE of the most important members of the Al Qaeda captured by the CIA in the months […]

Afghanistan, British Army, Helmand

Jonno the Brave

AN EXTRACT FROM OPERATION SNAKEBITE More than 150 British service personnel have died in Afghanistan. Like many of them, Sergeant […]

Afghanistan

Dispatches – broadcast Monday April 6 2009

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Afghanistan, British Army, Helmand, Taliban

Officers attack 'MoD muddle'

From The Sunday Times March 22, 2009 by Tony Allen-Mills SENIOR British Army commanders have denounced the government’s strategy in […]

CIA, Foreign Office, Guantanamo, Intelligence, MI5, Rendition, Secret Prisons

On the trail of torture

UPDATE: Binyam Mohamed returned to the UK on February 23, 2009 (Published in the Sunday Times, Feb 8, 2009) by […]

Afghanistan, British Army, Helmand, Taliban

Understanding the Taliban

Stephen Grey First published 24 April 2008 in the New Statesman Rethinking the war in Helmand has made the British […]

Curveball, Intelligence

Secrets of Curveball – the spy behind a war

BBC Newsnight broadcast a film by me with new revelations about the spy whose evidence, more than any other, provided […]

Afghanistan, British Army, Musa Qala

Battle for Musa Qala

Newsnight has just posted the film I made on the Battle for Musa Qala in Helmand in Afghanistan at the […]

Afghanistan, British Army

Band of brothers in vigil for fallen Lee 'Jonno' Johnson

First published in Sunday Times. THE men of B Company gathered in whispers on the hilltop, helmeted silhouettes against a […]

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In this era of email intercepts and drone strikes, many believe that the spy is dead. What use are double agents and dead letter boxes compared to the all-seeing digital eye? They couldn't be more wrong ... a revealing story of how spycraft and the 'human factor' survive, against the odds.

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