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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jess Glass

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Judge misled in bid for injunction over bbc reporting of alleged mi5 informant | History Defined

The High Court was ‘misled’ by false information from MI5 during the Attorney General’s bid to prevent the BBC from identifying a suspected Security Service informant, a judge has been told (Myung Jung Kim/PA) - (PA Archive)

The High Court was “misled” by false information from MI5 during the Attorney General’s bid to prevent the BBC from identifying a suspected Security Service informant, a judge has been told.

In 2022, then-Attorney General Suella Braverman went to the High Court to stop the broadcaster airing a programme that would name a man who has allegedly abused two women and is a covert human intelligence source.

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