The Government is facing the prospect of a potentially damaging legal battle transferring from the High Court to the USA unless it relents on its secrecy order.
Before dawn on October 13, 2020, no fewer than 14 officers from the Metropolitan Police s counter-terrorism unit slip through the front door of a block of flats on side street in central Westminster.
Documents reveal how Government lawyers will formally request that evidence related to a claim that Lord Darroch leaked intelligence to his alleged lover be heard behind closed doors.