LONDON- On Monday, British Intelligence denied a newspaper report’s allegations that their MI5 agency withheld information from interior minister Priti Patel.
The Sunday Times had reported that MI5 did not trust Priti Patel and hence, reduced the volume of intelligence that reached her.
According to the report, spies were said to “roll their eyes” at Patel’s interventions during meetings.
However, a security source deemed these claims untrue. With a request to maintain anonymity, the source elaborated that no information was being held back from Patel and that reports suggesting otherwise were wrong and not in service of public interest.
Started in 1909, the MI5 was set up to counter German espionage before WW1 to protect national security. They try to counter international terrorism and it is also a counter-intelligence agency.
4,000 people are employed by the MI5, all of whom are accountable to the Home Secretary.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated that he has full confidence in Patel.
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