| It is playing on xenophobia to persuade people there is a fifth column in this country and show that something is being done. |
| He feared the activities of a communist fifth column, and enacted draconian laws to restrict free expression and assembly. |
| For they stand accused of being a fifth column, a homegrown wing of a global movement bent on terrorising the West. |
| The government used the alliance to label them a fifth column fighting alongside the enemy during a time of war. |
| In 1940 they spiralled to a figure above 1,200 in response to national anxieties about the fifth column. |
| Who needs the fifth column and undercover agents when you have politicians lining up to do the devil's bidding? |
