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February 25 2004: David Shayler, the ex-MI5 whistleblower, will this afternoon bid to become the rector of Dundee University alongside Lorraine Kelly and a BBC Scotland journalist. -
Appeal
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July 30 2003: The former MI5 officer David Shayler, 37, yesterday lost an appeal against his conviction under the Official Secrets Act for passing classified information and documents to the press.
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Martin McGuinness
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May 9 2003: Former MI5 couple dismiss source of alleged confession by Sinn Fein chief.
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Shayler released
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December 24 2002: David Shayler, the former MI5 officer, left jail yesterday determined to clear his name in the courts after serving seven weeks for breaking the Official Secrets Act.
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Interview with a partner
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November 15 2002: Annie Machon quit her job at MI5 and endured three years on the run - all for the sake of her partner David Shayler, who was jailed last week. She tells Stuart Jeffries why.
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Sabine Durrant: How big a price can a woman pay for standing by her man?
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Trial
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November 6: The former MI5 officer David Shayler, convicted of disclosing secret information to a national newspaper, was sentenced to six months in jail yesterday.
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Comment and debate
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November 6, Richard Norton-Taylor and John Wadham: The Shayler case shows why our spies need whistleblowing rights.
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In his own words
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May 15 2002, David Shayler: According to the BBC, the new spy drama Spooks lifts the lid on life in the British secret services. But with its silly plotlines and cool, Armani-suited agents it couldn't be further from reality, says former MI5 man .
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August 27 2001, David Shayler: Although I am very happy to be back in Britain after three years, I have hardly been rejoicing.
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Audio report
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April 26: Richard Norton-Taylor reports from the first day of the pre-trial hearings in the David Shayler official secrets act case. (2min 07s)
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Security services
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December 23 2001: Shayler's is not a story about deceit and betrayal, but about how incompetent our security services are.
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Shayler returns
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September 22 2000: David Shayler, the former MI5 officer, was yesterday committed for trial at the Old Bailey on three charges of breaching the Official Secrets Act.
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Exclusive
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David Shayler has give us permission to publish extracts from his controversial novel, The Organisation, based loosely on his experiences working for MI5. Read them and give your views.
Audio: hear David Shayler talk about his book (1min 50) -
The Guardian and Observer go to court
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July 22 2000: The appeal court yesterday roundly dismissed attempts by the police and state prosecutors to order the Guardian and the Observer to hand over any information they may possess relating to the former MI5 officer, David Shayler.
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Spies in Fleet street?
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June 12 2000: Has Fleet Street been over-run by the intelligence agencies? David Leigh unravels the hidden network of spooks at the heart of the British press.
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Related special report
Most recent
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Jul 29 2003: Former MI5 officer David Shayler, who was jailed for breaching the Official Secrets Act, failed today in an appeal court bid to clear his name.
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Nov 10 2002: Startling revelations by French intelligence experts back David Shayler's alleged 'fantasy'about Gadaffi plot.
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Nov 5 2002:
Former MI5 agent David Shayler was today sentenced to six months in prison after he was convicted of revealing security secrets.
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Nov 5 2002: It was an extraordinary trial. All the prosecution had to do was to prove that David Shayler had copied secret documents from MI5's files and handed them without permission to a newspaper, a fact that he did not deny.
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Nov 5 2002: David Shayler's trial is likely to lead to renewed calls for reform of Britain's secrecy laws, which for years have been among the most controversial acts on the statute books.
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Nov 4 2002: After three years of exile and two years of legal battles, former MI5 agent David Shayler was today found guilty of breaching the Official Secrets Act and passing classified documents to journalists in 1997.
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Nov 3 2002: It has been one of the most baffling trials ever seen at the Old Bailey. After three years of exile and two years of intense legal wrangles, former intelligence officer David Shayler has finally had his say in the witness box.
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Nov 2 2002: Ex-MI5 agent 'cannot reveal truth to clear himself'.
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Nov 1 2002: An anonymous senior MI5 officer, shielded from the media by a brown paper screen, was asked at the Old Bailey yesterday whether he had seen a James Bond film or read John le Carré's spy novels.
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Oct 31 2002: Shielded from the public by screens, anonymous MI5 officers yesterday appeared in the witness box of the Old Bailey's court No 2.
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Oct 30 2002: Brown paper and bits of sticky tape were used to hide the identity of an MI5 agent at the David Shayler secrets trial at the Old Bailey today.
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Oct 30 2002:
Thousands of pounds paid by a national newspaper to David Shayler, the former MI5 officer, after he provided it with secret documents, was dispersed in a number of different bank accounts, an Old Bailey jury heard yesterday. By Richard Norton-Taylor.
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Oct 29 2002: Secret files allegedly copied by former MI5 agent David Shayler and then shown in parts to the press "speak for themselves", the prosecution told an Old Bailey jury today.
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Oct 29 2002: Former MI5 officer has no public interest defence, says QC.
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Oct 28 2002: Former MI5 officer David Shayler today went on trial at the Old Bailey accused of three offences under the Official Secrets Act.
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