CIA working in UK, anti-terror chief tells MPs

The Government’s most senior counter-terrorism official has admitted that CIA agents are operating in the UK.

Charles Farr, the head of the Home Office’s office of security and counter-terrorism, told MPs that Britain had a “very close” relationship with the US intelligence community.

He also warned of the dangers of radicalisation among the 8,000 Muslim prisoners in British jails, saying they represented a “very significant group”.

“We know that once they get inside prison there is a danger that they will be radicalised … there is an additional risk that, for entirely legitimate reasons, people can get converted in prison to Islam. We are very aware of the risks,” he said.

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