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Signs of Stingray at Parliament (Excerpt From 'Britain's Secret Surveillance')
In this excerpt from 'Britain's Secret Surveillance,' VICE News finds signs of secret phone surveillance at the UK parliament.
Inside a Spy Tech Expo (Extra Scene From 'Britain's Secret Surveillance')
In this extra scene from 'Britain's Secret Surveillance,' VICE News visits Milipol, a homeland security fair in Paris, to reveal the latest hacking tools and state surveillance tech — and gets knifed in a stab vest.
Phone Hackers: Britain's Secret Surveillance
VICE News searches London for IMSI catchers — a secret surveillance tool for spying on thousands of phones simultaneously — and goes undercover to buy one.
Britain's Secret Surveillance (Trailer)
Coming soon: VICE News searches London for IMSI catchers — a secret surveillance tool for spying on thousands of phones simultaneously.
What Do Former Spies Think of the UK's Sweeping Surveillance Bill?
"The government isn't interested in you unless you're doing something really bad. Ninety-nine-point-ninety-nine percent of the population are of no interest."
MI5 Says It Has Relied on Hacking in 'Majority of High Priority Investigations'
Equipment interference "has been instrumental in disrupting credible threats to life," documents claim.
Britain's Most Infamous Spies Were Loose-Lipped and Drunk, Newly Released Files Reveal
Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, double agents who defected to Soviet Russia in 1951, have always been framed as slick operators. Newly released secret files show that perception is a far cry from reality.
Would the British Military Take Out a Jeremy Corbyn–Led UK Government?
Author Chris Mullin's 1982 novel about a coup toppling a left-wing government turned out to be disconcertingly realistic. We asked him how the establishment would deal with Jeremy Corbyn.
MI5 Spied on a Nobel Prize Winning Author for Over a Decade, New Files Reveal
VICE News reviewed newly released MI5 files that revealed how British spies aggressively monitored Doris Lessing, famous author and Communist.
An Ex-MI5 Agent Says the UK's Secret Service Considered 'Blacking Up' to Infiltrate Mosques
The best of the best are smearing themselves in facepaint for a training exercise.
UK Needs Complete Revamp of Surveillance Laws, Official Report Finds
A landmark report by the UK parliament's intelligence committee backed the bulk interception of data and client-lawyer communications, but said an overhaul of laws governing such surveillance is needed.
'Gender Equality Is Going Backwards': Why Britain Needs More Female Spies
Former spy Annie Machon told VICE News that she found a new UK government report "curious," as "MI5 certainly used to have 50-50 gender split in the 1990s."