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Gösta Caroli (6 November 1902 – 8 May 1975) was a double agent working for MI5 during the Second World War under the codename SUMMER. [1] Gösta Caroli and Wulf Schmidt (a Danish citizen) landed, via parachute, in September 1940. The two were genuine Nazis, had trained together and were friends.
In intelligence organizations, agent handling is the management of so-called agents (called secret agents or spies in common parlance), principal agents, and agent networks (called "assets") by intelligence officers typically known as case officers.
Peter Keeley, who uses the pseudonym Kevin Fulton, is a British agent from Newry, Northern Ireland, who allegedly spied on the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) for MI5. He is believed to be in London , where he is suing the Crown, claiming his military handlers cut off their connections and financial aid to him.
Shortly after landing off target near Littleport, Cambridgeshire, Chapman turned himself in to local police and offered to work for MI5, who decided to use him as a double agent. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In order to maintain the German handler's faith in Chapman, MI5 officials decided to fake the sabotage operation he came to Britain to conduct.
Attorney General Suella Braverman is seeking an injunction to prevent the broadcaster from airing a report which would identify an alleged MI5 agent.
The judge said: “The information about X’s identity, in the context of the allegation that he is a Chis who works or worked for MI5, is – as the BBC accepts – confidential.
The corporation said the story is ‘firmly in the public interest’ and will run in the coming days.
Section B1A, the MI5-backed department with the task of capturing enemy agents and turning them into double agents, had discussed the best method of capturing Chapman without revealing Ultra. In the end, Operation Nightcap was envisioned: Rather than conduct a full-scale manhunt, planes from RAF Fighter Command would trail Chapman's aircraft to ...