Ex-Tory whip calls for start of delayed review into secret courts
Andrew Mitchell says in letter to justice secretary that closed trials are being used to hide state wrongdoing
January 2019
Secret judgments database opened to special advocates and senior judges
Indexed repository of some closed intelligence and security decisions created to improve access
March 2017
Anger as government applies for secret hearing of rendition case
Critics say the authorities are attempting to bury the truth amid claims of national security concerns
July 2015
7/7 seemed to herald a new era of terror on UK soil – one that did not materialise
Massive shakeup of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ took place after 7 July attacks and dozens of plots have been foiled – but it is still hard to say if we are safer now
November 2014
British jihadi ‘exclusion orders’ could play into hands of extremists
New powers on Syria returnees appear a neat solution, but they could drive some deeper into terrorism, writes Shiv Malik
October 2014
Opting out of EU justice system ‘will just make it easier for the terrorists’
David Cameron urged by senior MPs to stand firm against rightwing Tories who want UK to turn its back on European police cooperation
July 2014
IRA mole Martin McGartland to have case against MI5 heard in secret
Government seeks closed hearing in case against dissident republican
June 2014
Home Office maintains secrecy stance in court battle with IRA informer
Northern Ireland informer court hearings to be held partially in secret
The Guardian view on secret courts: they undermine the rule of law
First thoughts
Britain's first secret trial: this way lies trouble
Owen Jones
Secret trials: judges should be trusted to make right decisions, says Grayling
Secret terror trial is threat to open justice, human rights campaigners warn
Major terrorism trial could be held in secret for first time in UK legal history
November 2013
The real question about the terror suspect who fled in a burqa: did MI5 bring him here illegally?
Ministers seek secret court procedure in torture allegations case
October 2013
Security services need full review
Senior Labour MP welcomes public debate over security service powers
September 2013
Secret court laws to lose backing of Liberal Democrats
Nick Clegg will abandon support after membership revolt over Justice and Security Act, says David Laws
