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Sir [[Patrick Walker]] was the head of the [[Security Service]] MI5 from 1987 to 1992.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.</ref> | Sir [[Patrick Walker]] was the head of the [[Security Service]] MI5 from 1987 to 1992.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.</ref> | ||
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| + | Walker is an Oxford graduate.<ref name="Andrew560">Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.560.</ref> | ||
Walker joined the Security Service in 1963 following a period of service in the pre-independence government of Uganda.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.</ref> | Walker joined the Security Service in 1963 following a period of service in the pre-independence government of Uganda.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.</ref> | ||
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| + | Walker became Director [[MI5 FX Branch|FX Branch]] in 1984.<ref name="Andrew560">Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.560.</ref> | ||
Sir Desmond de Silva's Pat Finucane Review records that in February 1987, the head of the [[Force Research Unit]], A/05 recorded that that officer G/02, the head of MI5's Northern Ireland agent-handling section, told him that "Patrick Walker, the then Head of Counter-Terrorism at the Security Service, was very angry about the FRU's actions" in re-recruiting [[Brian Nelson]]. This may have reflected [[MI5]]'s own ambitions to recruit Nelson.<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch6">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter006/ Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref> | Sir Desmond de Silva's Pat Finucane Review records that in February 1987, the head of the [[Force Research Unit]], A/05 recorded that that officer G/02, the head of MI5's Northern Ireland agent-handling section, told him that "Patrick Walker, the then Head of Counter-Terrorism at the Security Service, was very angry about the FRU's actions" in re-recruiting [[Brian Nelson]]. This may have reflected [[MI5]]'s own ambitions to recruit Nelson.<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch6">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter006/ Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Deputy Director-General== | ||
| + | According to The Times, Walker served as [[Deputy Director General of the Security Service|Deputy Director General]] Operations before heading the service, and was succeeded in that post by [[Julian Faux]] in 1988.<ref>Julian Faux, CB, MI5 officer, died of cancer on July 6 aged 62. He was born on July 28, 1935, The Times, 23 July 1998.</ref> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 20:26, 20 December 2012
Sir Patrick Walker was the head of the Security Service MI5 from 1987 to 1992.[1]
Walker is an Oxford graduate.[2]
Walker joined the Security Service in 1963 following a period of service in the pre-independence government of Uganda.[3]
FX Director
Walker became Director FX Branch in 1984.[2]
Sir Desmond de Silva's Pat Finucane Review records that in February 1987, the head of the Force Research Unit, A/05 recorded that that officer G/02, the head of MI5's Northern Ireland agent-handling section, told him that "Patrick Walker, the then Head of Counter-Terrorism at the Security Service, was very angry about the FRU's actions" in re-recruiting Brian Nelson. This may have reflected MI5's own ambitions to recruit Nelson.[4]
Deputy Director-General
According to The Times, Walker served as Deputy Director General Operations before heading the service, and was succeeded in that post by Julian Faux in 1988.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.560.
- ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.
- ↑ Sir Desmond de Silva, Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson, Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.
- ↑ Julian Faux, CB, MI5 officer, died of cancer on July 6 aged 62. He was born on July 28, 1935, The Times, 23 July 1998.
