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MI5 knew agent was misogynist 'obsessed' with violence, watchdog finds | BBC News
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3:13Now PlayingA secret inquiry by MI5's watchdog concluded the security service knew an abusive agent it defended in court was a misogynist who was "obsessed" with violence, the BBC can reveal.
The inquiry took place after BBC News originally exposed how MI5 had covered up for the man - a neo-Nazi informant known publicly as agent X.
The government took the BBC to court in 2022 in a failed attempt to block our investigation, but it won agent X legal anonymity.
That year, the BBC first reported how the MI5 spy had used his status to coercively control his girlfriend, including attacking her with a machete, before moving abroad to continue intelligence work while he was still under investigation.
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