As well as misleading the High Court in the injunction bid, Mr Bunting said the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, which has heard a related case brought by the woman allegedly attacked with a machete, may have also been misled, as well as another set of High Court proceedings.
Ms Cooper said: “MI5 do an incredibly difficult and important job every single day to keep our country safe from a wide range of threats, working to the highest of standards, and it is of course essential that those high standards must always be maintained.
In his statement, Sir Ken said: “It has become clear that MI5 provided incorrect information to the High Court in relation to an aspect of our witness statement.
The High Court was “misled” by false information from MI5 during the Attorney General’s bid to prevent the BBC from identifying a suspected Security Service informant, a judge has been told.
In 2022, then-Attorney General Suella Braverman went to the High Court to stop the broadcaster airing a programme that would name a man who has allegedly abused two women and is a covert human intelligence source.
