Head of MI5: terror threat is growing
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In a speech to the Society of Editors, the Director General of the Security Service, Jonathan Evans, outlined the threats the UK faces.
The nation's main security threat remains al Qaida and groups related to it, Mr Evans said.
And the root of that threat is an extremist ideology 'whose basic tenets are inimical to the tolerance and liberty that form the basis of our democracy,' he said.
The threat continues to grow
He said the number of known extremists within the UK who security services be...
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