Topic: John Sawers

MI6 chief says torture poses 'dilemmas'

In an unprecedented public speech, MI6 chief John Sawers also defended the cloak-and-dagger nature of the 101-year-old Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), whose existence was only officially acknowledged in 1992.He said he read daily reports about people "bent on maiming and murdering ...

UK spy boss: Nukes a wider threat than terrorism

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's top spy, in the first public speech by a serving UK espionage chief, said on Thursday terrorists might hit the West again "at huge human cost" but nuclear proliferation by states was a more far-reaching danger.Secret Intelligence ...

DOD rethinking social media access

Sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, once banned from DOD use, now play a major role for government and military public relations and recruiting. People sharing too much information online, such as the case of incoming British intelligence chief John Sawers ...

Incoming MI6 chief in Facebook security slip

Photographs and personal details about the next head of the MI6 foreign intelligence service, John Sawers, were removed Sunday from social networking website Facebook after a newspaper published them.The Mail on Sunday had printed pictures and family information which it had ...
The newly elected chief of the MI6, Sir John Sawers, found himself unwittingly under the glare of the media at the weekend, after his wife posted personal details of him on Facebook.. The Mail On Sunday broke the story by announcing that ...
It is always a case of some considerable concern when a lady reveals too much on Facebook. According to reports in the Mail and numerous other media outlets, the fair lady may not have been quite aware that Facebook can be seen ...
Wife of new British spy chief puts family details on FacebookHe's the spy who came in from the beach.Holiday snapshots and family details about the newly appointed head of Britain's MI6 intelligence agency have been removed from a Facebook ...
Britain appoints Iran negotiator as new chief of its overseas spy agency MI6Britain's international spy agency has a new chief a top U.N. diplomat who had a senior role in talks about Iran's disputed nuclear program.John Sawers will ...

UN ambassador named as new head of MI6

Britain's ambassador to the United Nations was on Tuesday named as the new head of the MI6 foreign intelligence service -- a figure who is traditionally known by his James Bond-style moniker " C."John Sawers will take over at MI6, or the ...