Jesus Christ superstars: meet the modern-day messiahs
David Shayler worked for MI5, Vissarion was a traffic policeman… now both preach as the son of God. Jonas Bendiksen tells Paula Cocozza about his portraits of 21st-century messiahs
October 2014
MI6 whistleblower's partner accuses intelligence agencies of 'moral slide'
Annie Machon, former partner of David Shayler, reflects on impact of Snowden revelations at Playful conference. By Jemima Kiss
March 2012
Greenslade
Hacking book: when investigative journalism comes up against the law
Roy Greenslade
Roy Greenslade presents a further extract from The phone hacking scandal: journalism on trial. It is taken from a chapter by Eamonn O'Neill
September 2011
From the Guardian archive
Phone hacking, the Met police and the David Shayler case
Guardian Legal Network
Human rights and the Official Secrets Act
Adam Wagner for the UK Human Rights Blog, part of the Guardian Legal Network
June 2011
The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson – review
The constant jokes are insanely funny but fail to mask the lack of a deeper purpose to Jon Ronson’s excursion into the world of psychiatry, writes Rachel Cooke
October 2010
Gareth Peirce: Why I still fight for human rights
'Justice dies when the law is co-opted for political purposes.' Gareth Peirce, one of our key human rights lawyers, talks to Stuart Jeffries
March 2005
Ex-MI5 officer Shayler seeks anti-war vote to oust Blair in Sedgefield
David Shayler, the former MI5 officer, has announced that he intends to stand against Tony Blair in Sedgefield in the general election.
February 2004
MI5 whistleblower eyes university role
David Shayler, the ex-MI5 whistleblower, will this afternoon bid to become the rector of Dundee University alongside Lorraine Kelly and a BBC Scotland journalist.
October 2003
Shayler's partner to publish MI5 book
The partner of the former MI5 officer David Shayler is poised to publish her own damning account of her time in the security service. By Rebecca Ellinor.
July 2003
Shayler loses appeal
Shayler loses court bid to clear name
May 2003
McGuinness 'tie-in' challenged
Former MI5 couple dismiss source of alleged confession by Sinn Fein chief.
December 2002
Former MI5 officer released from prison
Freed Shayler vows to clear name
Shayler expected to be out of jail by Christmas after serving seven weeks
Law lords overturn Punch decision
November 2002
The spy who loved me
Annie Machon quit her job at MI5 and endured three years on the run - all for the sake of her partner David Shayler, who was jailed last week. She tells Stuart Jeffries why.
MI6 'halted bid to arrest bin Laden'
Startling revelations by French intelligence experts back David Shayler's alleged 'fantasy'about Gadaffi plot.
Shayler jailed for six months
The former MI5 officer David Shayler, convicted of disclosing secret information to a national newspaper, was sentenced to six months in jail yesterday.
