Topic: Richard Dearlove

Ex-head of MI6 attacks govt over Afghan conflict

A former head of MI6's foreign intelligence service Wednesday criticised Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government over its funding for and handling of the Afghan mission.Richard Dearlove, chief of the Secret Intelligence Service when Britain first sent troops to Afghanistan ...
Sir Richard Dearlove says that in some serious cases the current 28-day limit is not enoughThe former head of MI6 is backing controversial Government plans to hold terror suspects for 42 days without charge, saying it might prevent a dirty-bomb attack on ...