Letter: Bringing MI5 under control

Friday 29 August 1997 23:02 BST

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Letter: Bringing MI5 under control

Sir: In your leading article of 26 August you commended employees of MI5 for breaking their oath of secrecy.

But how could such officers possibly assess the consequences of revelations on national security or the lives of colleagues? Moreover, proper channels exist for complaints. Would it be unfashionable to suggest that these officers' behaviour is arrogant and sometimes profitable?

D W B BARON

Ludlow, Shropshire

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