Britain’s MI5 faces scrutiny for deceiving the public and the courts about its connections to the Manchester Arena bomber and its protection of a murderous neo-Nazi informant. Now, leaked emails show the intel agency secretly working to gut legislation that would bar British officials and spies from lying when addressing state investigations. On October 21, Britain’s Public Office (Accountability) Bill, known as the Hillsborough Law, completed its committee stage in the House of Lords. The legislation, which would establish a […]

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