Behind the murk of spooks and spies

Despite moves towards greater disclosure, MI5 remains an agency shrouded in secrecy, writes Political Editor Harry McGee.

CLICK onto the MI5 website. Yes, it sounds like an oxymoron.

What's a world-famed agency for furtive and secretive dirty tricks doing helpfully explaining 'how the service does its work'; giving pen pictures of all its former directors and giving a full biographical profile of its current head, the gloriously-named Dame Eliza Lydia Manningham-Buller.