Gordon Corera

3 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Gordon Corera

Even with decades of experience between them, the two middle-aged spies were on edge. They were about to attempt something that had never been done before in the history of MI6. Instead of smuggling out one Russian spy to a new life in Britain – the more usual scenario – they were going to extract an entire family. In this case, not only a retired KGB colonel, but also his wife, his frail mother-in-law and his adult son, who relied on a wheelchair. So two people who were effectively invalids.

1 month ago | waterstones.com | Shaun Walker |Gordon Corera

Join us for an evening with international correspondent for the Guardian and author Shaun Walker, introducing his newest book The Illegals: Russia's Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West. In 2010, two decades after the Cold War had ended, ten Russian spies were arrested in America, having hidden their true identities from their friends, neighbours and even their children.

Sep 7, 2024 | yahoo.com | Gordon Corera |Jemma Crew

Gordon Corera - Security correspondent and Jemma Crew - BBC NewsSeptember 7, 2024 at 7:55 AM·3 min readThe international world order is “under threat in a way we haven’t seen since the Cold War”, the heads of the UK and US foreign intelligence services have warned. The chiefs of MI6 and the CIA also said both countries stand together in "resisting an assertive Russia and Putin's war of aggression in Ukraine".

Sep 7, 2024 | bbc.com | Gordon Corera

The MI6 and CIA chiefs, who made their first public appearance together, warn of challenges such as the war in Ukraine, Islamic State, Israel-Gaza conflict and the rise of China.

Sep 6, 2024 | flipboard.com | Gordon Corera

NowLondon CNN — The heads of the United States’ CIA and the UK’s foreign intelligence service, known as MI6, spoke at length about the key security issues plaguing the world in an unprecedented joint public appearance in London on Saturday, in a wide-ranging discussion that covered Russian aggression, …