US EditionSpy Chiefs Probed 'Russian Double Agent' at Heart of MI6 for 20 Years
- An investigation into a suspected Russian double agent at MI6, named Operation Wedlock, lasted 20 years, with surveillance officers deployed globally.
- The investigation involved over 30 MI5 officers and started in the 1990s after a CIA tip-off.
- MI5 could not determine if a mole existed, with a source stating that MI6 may still have a mole to find.
- The operation was described by a source as 'highly unusual' and possibly the most expensive in recent memory.
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One of the most secret and long-running British intelligence operations has now been revealed. For up to 20 years, Operation Wedlock ran in the hunt for a Russian double agent.
In Britain, Operation Wedlock was a 20-year search for an alleged Russian double agent by British foreign intelligence agency MI6, but no solid evidence of the double agent's existence was found, writes The Guardian.
His Majesty's counterintelligence has been searching for a secret agent at the Kremlin since 1995. Now a suspect has withdrawn from service, leaving the mystery of the traitor who has worn out relations between London and Moscow
It sounds like a Hollywood thriller: British secret agents have, according to a report, pursued a traitor in their own ranks. It is said to have been the longest and most expensive operation of this kind in the recent history of MI5.
In the darkness of espionage, a ruthless internal investigation divided British intelligence for two decades - At the center, a man who may have betrayed the United Kingdom and a file that remains open
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