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flag MI5 releases top-secret files revealing confessions from British double agents Philby and Blunt.

flag Top-secret MI5 files detailing confessions from notorious British double agents Kim Philby and Anthony Blunt, who spied for the Soviet Union, have been released for the first time. flag The files, including Philby's 1963 confession, reveal the extent of their espionage activities from the 1930s to the 1950s. flag Philby admitted he would have spied again, believing loyalty to friends was more important than to his country. flag The documents are part of a new exhibition at the National Archives titled "MI5: Official Secrets."

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