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Revision as of 13:28, 23 August 2012
David was the name used by the Saville Inquiry to refer to a witness who testified at the Tribunal.
In his initial statement David said:
- I am a retired member of the Security Service and am aged 81. In 1970 I was appointed as the Security Liaison Officer for Northern Ireland.
- Some three months after arriving in Northern Ireland, I was appointed Director of Intelligence for Northern Ireland. I was based at the Army's headquarters in Lisburn and was given an equivalent military rank of Major General.[1]
"David" is possibly the individual referred to in the following comment by Christopher Andrew:
- The Security Service officer appointed as SLO in Belfast in July 1970 later recalled that when he arrived 'the scene was chaotic, with mutual distrust between the police and the army, the Home Office was responsible, but not in effective political control.'[2]
Notes
- ↑ KO2.1 David witness statement, Bloody Sunday Inquiry, 17 February 2000.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.618.
