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MI5 source ‘could kill’

High Court hears why BBC wants to identify security service informant

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Joshua Rozenberg
Mar 02, 2022
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Little by little, we are beginning to understand why the BBC is so determined to name the MI5 informant whose identity the government wants to keep secret.

Two woman who say they were abused by him have told the High Court in witness statements that the covert source — referred to as X — should be named to protect other potential victims.

One of witnesses…

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