Britain is facing a greater threat to its security now than at the time of the 9/11 terror attacks, the head of MI5 has warned.
Sir Ken McCallum issued a ‘call to arms’ on Friday, saying the UK is facing unprecedented danger from hostile states and Islamic extremism.
The spymaster said he once hoped the demand for MI5’s services would reduce after the end of the Cold War – a situation former CIA director James Woolsey characterised as the West having ‘slain a large dragon’ but facing a ‘bewildering variety of poisonous snakes’.
But now the MI5 Director General believes the national security
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