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May 2021
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Interview With MI5

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In his first interview since taking over the domestic spy agency, MI5's Director General Ken McCallum speaks to Matt Chorley, along with the head of counter-terror policing Neil Basu, about how being an agent handler works, what social media firms can do to prevent terror spreading online, and how spies have managed to do their job during the pandemic.

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