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Gordon Corera

Security Analyst at the BBC

Gordon Corera is a security analyst for BBC News, contributing editor for “The Observer” newspaper and co-host of "The Rest is Classified” podcast a top-rated 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 NewsHe has made several documentary series about MI6, the CIA, and Russia. Mr Corera is the author of a number of books including Russians Among Us, the hunt for Putin’s spies; MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service and the forthcoming "The Spy in the Archive- How one man tried to kill the KGB", the story of Vasili Mitrokhin.
Updated: March 18, 2025