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MI5

Military Intelligence (Unit 5)

British Security Service. Originally organized in 1909 to counter German espionage, in 1931 it assumed wider responsibility for assessing threats to national security, including communist subversion and subsequently fascism. Today the Security Service Act (1989) forms its statutory basis. As Britain's domestic-security intelligence agency, its purpose is to protect the country against threats such as terrorism, espionage, and subversion. Since the passing of the Security Service Act (1996), its role has been expanded to include supporting law-enforcement agencies in the field of organized crime.

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No references found	He alleges British security services were involved in his questioning and torture when he was in prison in Pakistan and Morocco. MP in torture talks by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) Mohamed, 30, a British resident, said secret telegrams sent by MI5 to the CIA show that the men responsible for his torture were being influenced by questions from the British security service in London. UK denies Ex-Guantanamo detainee charge that it briefed his torturers by Asian News International The case revealed how the British security services cooperated with the US in the interrogation of terrorism suspects who were moved from country to country and held in secret locations. IN BRIEF: Terror suspect wins legal right in case by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)	British Columbia, University of British Commonwealth of Nations British East Africa British East India Company British Empire British engineering system of units British Expeditionary Force British gravitational system of units British Guiana British Honduras British imperial pound British Imperial System of weights and measures British India British Indian Ocean Territory British Interplanetary Society British Invasion British Isles British Library British Library Method British Museum British Museum Library British North America British North America Act British North Borneo British Open British Security Service British Socialist Party BSP British Somaliland British South Africa Company British Standard British Standard specification British Standards Institute British Standards Institution British Steel Corporation British Telecom British Telecom Research Laboratories British thermal unit British Togoland British Trade Union Congress BTUC British West Africa British West Indies British, The Britomart Britomartis Briton Britske, Ergard Britske, Ergard Viktorovich Brittan, Sir Leon Brittany Brittany spaniel Britten	British Schools of the Middle East British Schools Orienteering Association British Schools Orienteering Championships British Schools Tennis Association British Schools' Cycling Association British Schools' Exploring Society British Schools' Judo Association British Science Fiction Association British Scooter Sport Organisation British Scout Response Team British Scouts in Western Europe British Sea British Sea British Sea Fisheries Officer British Sea Power British seas British Second Wives Club British Secondary Metals Association British Secret Service British Secret Service British Secret Services British Section of the Society of Protozoologists British Section of the Third International British Security Coordination British Security Industry Association British Security Industry Authority British Security Service British Security Services Organization British Sedimentological Research Group British Self-Defence Governing Body British Senegambia British shadow government British Sheep Dairying Association British Shielding Windows British shilling British shilling British shilling British shilling British Shingon Buddhist Association British Shipping Federation British Shorinji Kempo Federation British Short Run Labelling Association British Shorthair British Shorthair British Shorthair Breeders Group British shorthair cat British shorthair cat British Show Horse Association British Show Pony Society British Showjumping Association British Shroud of Turin Society British Siberian Husky Racing Association British Sidecar Enduro Association British Sign and Graphics Association British Sign Language British Sitcom Guide

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He alleges British security services were involved in his questioning and torture when he was in prison in Pakistan and Morocco.

MP in torture talks by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)

Mohamed, 30, a British resident, said secret telegrams sent by MI5 to the CIA show that the men responsible for his torture were being influenced by questions from the British security service in London.

UK denies Ex-Guantanamo detainee charge that it briefed his torturers by Asian News International

The case revealed how the British security services cooperated with the US in the interrogation of terrorism suspects who were moved from country to country and held in secret locations.

IN BRIEF: Terror suspect wins legal right in case by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

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British Commonwealth of Nations

British East Africa

British East India Company

British Empire

British engineering system of units

British Expeditionary Force

British gravitational system of units

British Guiana

British Honduras

British imperial pound