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Article: BOOK OF THE WEEK ESPIONAGE After a century of spying on others MI5 has decided to spill some of its own secrets, says Andrew Lownie
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- The Sunday Telegraph London
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- October 18, 2009
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The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5
By Christopher Andrew
ALLEN LANE/PENGUIN, pounds 30, 1,032 pp
As the role of MI5 has changed in recent years from counter-
espionage to counter-terrorism, it has required greater public
support and understanding and has recognised the need for greater
openness. Since 1992 recruitment, for example, has been through
advertising in newspapers and the identity of the Director General
has also been revealed. There has been a growing recognition too
that intelligence has hitherto been the missing dimension in telling
our country's history, with the result that more than 4,000 MI5
files have been deposited in the National Archives over the ...