I'd agree with this. Said so when an MP.
SF should be happy to be scrutinised, along with 6 and 5, but clearly not publicly. Right now they fall under neither the Defence Ctte nor the ISC.
Exclusive: British special forces should face the same scrutiny as spy agencies, according to Lord Beamish, chair of the influential intelligence and security committee.
The work of MI6 and MI5 falls under his remit but not SAS or SBS.
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