article_snippet: In a rare speech on the intelligence agencies, Mr Hammond will mount a strong defence of those who act as apologists for them work saying that it was only their 'brilliance' that had kept Britain safe in the face of the continuing terrorist threat.
article_snippet: Speaking at the Royal United Services Institute in London, Mr Hammond is responsible for MI6 and GCHQ - said that agencies are currently facing an 'unprecedented' level of challenge in the face of a wide range threats from around the world. '
article_snippet: The sheer number and range of cases, old and new, amounts to the greatest challenge to our collective security for decades and places unprecedented demands on those charged with keeping us safe,' Mr Hammond said. '
article_snippet: That is the opinion of the experts who advise me and set the threat level. '
article_snippet: Our police and security services have a very important role to play to find out about people that could do Our harm and to step in and prevent Our police and security services from doing that. '
article_snippet: Of course Our need to work with communities to do that - and Our do. '
article_snippet: It is only thanks to the dedication, and in many cases the brilliance, of our intelligence officers that our have succeeded to detect and contain these threats.'
article_snippet: As the range of threats gets bigger, so the pace of technological change with which the agencies must keep up is getting faster, making the agencies central task of keeping us safe ever more demanding,' )
article_snippet: We must respond decisively and positively to the public and parliamentary debate about the powers required by We intelligence agencies to do our intelligence agencies job in a changed technological environment - and in doing so draw a line under that debate so that our intelligence agencies can get on with the job of keeping Britain safe.'