Gordon Corera
Security Analyst at the BBC
Gordon Corera is a Security Analyst at the BBC and the Co-host of "The Rest is Classified" podcast — a weekly show looking at the world of security and intelligence. He has been covering national security, cyber security intelligence, terrorism, and proliferation for twenty-five years, including two decades as a Security Correspondent for BBC News since 2004. Mr Corera has reported from London, Moscow, and Washington, and is the only journalist to have interviewed serving heads of both the CIA and MI6. He has contributed to several BBC documentary series about MI6, the CIA, and Russia. Mr Corera is the author of a number of books on intelligence, including Russians Among Us, Intercept - The Secret History of Computers and Spies, MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service, Secret Pigeon Service, Shopping for Bombs: The Rise and Fall of the AQ Khan Network, and (forthcoming) The Spy in the Archive.
Updated: March 18, 2025