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‘… the defence of the realm and nothing else’ : Sir Findlater Stewart, Labour Ministers and the Security Service (2014)
Journal Article
Lomas, D. (2015). ‘… the defence of the realm and nothing else’ : Sir Findlater Stewart, Labour Ministers and the Security Service. Intelligence and National Security, 30(6), 793-816. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2014.900268

In May 2013, a report on the British Security Service (MI5) by Sir Samuel Findlater Stewart was released by the Cabinet Office. Dated November 1945, the report on the future organization and activities of MI5 was significant in that it defined the Se... Read More about ‘… the defence of the realm and nothing else’ : Sir Findlater Stewart, Labour Ministers and the Security Service.

Return to Neverland? Freedom of information and the history of British intelligence (2014)
Journal Article
Murphy, C., & Lomas, D. (2014). Return to Neverland? Freedom of information and the history of British intelligence. Historical Journal, 57(01), 273-287. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0018246X13000423

This article considers the use of the UK Freedom of Information (FOI) Act in order to explore the history of British intelligence. While the intelligence and security agencies are themselves exempt from the Act, releasing only such archival material... Read More about Return to Neverland? Freedom of information and the history of British intelligence.