"On Tuesday, the prime minister wrote to the Investigatory Powers Commissioner Sir Brian Leveson directing him to conduct a new inquiry. In a written statement to Parliament, Sir Keir said: "I have now issued a direction to the Commissioner to commence this investigation immediately." He said the courts "will use the outcome of this investigation to determine their next steps in relation to the case of Agent X.""
"Arguing for secrecy, the Security Service told judges it had stuck to its policy of not confirming or denying informants' identities. In fact, MI5 had disclosed the Agent X's status in phone calls to me, as it tried to persuade me not to investigate him. The service aggressively maintained its position until I produced evidence proving it was untrue, including a recording of one of the calls."
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has directed the Investigatory Powers Commissioner Sir Brian Leveson to open an immediate inquiry into how MI5 provided false evidence to three courts about conversations with the BBC. The High Court and Investigatory Powers Tribunal rejected MI5's explanations and found serious procedural deficiencies. The case involves Agent X, a neo-Nazi informant who used his MI5 role to coerce and attack his girlfriend with a machete. MI5 told judges it would not confirm or deny informant identities but had disclosed Agent X's status in phone calls to a BBC reporter. MI5's director general apologised; two inquiries previously attributed the false evidence to mistakes and poor memories.
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