UK News 21-08-2000 David Shayler Returns To Face Charges who: David Shayler what: Returns to Britain to face charges of breaching official secrets act where: DOVER when: Today snippet: "Renegade secret agent David Shayler returns to Britain today, vowing to fight on to clear his name," says The Mirror. "The former MI5 officer faces arrest for breaching secrecy laws when he arrives by ferry at Dover to end his three years of exile." "I love my country and I am not a traitor - I am a patriot," he said yesterday. "The fact that I am coming back shows I have nothing to fear. All I have ever done is tell the truth." "Mr Shayler has alleged that MI5 keeps files on prominent politicians, including Labour ministers, and that the bombings of the City of London in 1993 and the Israeli embassy in London the following year could have been avoided," explains Richard Norton-Taylor in The Guardian. "He repeated his allegation yesterday that two MI6 officers - known as PT16B and PT16 - handed over £100,000 to one of the Libyan plotters in 1995". "I`ve always wanted a proper investigation into the allegations I have made," he said at a press conference in Calais yesterday. "Everyone in Britain should be concerned if their country is lying to them." [... more]

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