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A closer look at recently declassified MI5 files on the intelligence failure surrounding the five "Cambrdige spies" ...

Cambridge spy Kim Philby had no regrets about his treachery, his interrogators said after he was unmasked. The double agent’s confession has been published in full for the first time in newly ...

The documents reveal fascinating new details about the infamous MI6 double agent Kim Philby and his betrayals. Recommended MI5 ‘missed chance to expose Soviet spy Kim Philby decade sooner’ A ...

The newly-declassified documents include details about some of the UK's most notorious spies.

However, the release of MI5’s files this week, detailing the confessions of Kim Philby and his fellow members of the Cambridge Five, forces us to confront an unsettling reality: espionage is a world ...

Top secret MI5 files detailing first-hand accounts of confessions of three of Britain's most notorious double agents ...

The Cambridge spies have inspired myriad books, plays movies and TV shows, including the 2023 series " A Spy Among Friends," starring Guy Pearce as Philby and Damian Lewis as Elliott. Blunt ...

This includes the never-before-seen paper version of the first-hand account of Cambridge spy Kim Philby's confession ... said MI5 Director General Sir Ken McCallum. As well as the details about ...