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| − | + | '''Stella Rimington''' was the former head of the [[Security Service]] MI5 from 1992 to 1996.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.</ref> | |
Rimington has defended [[Security Service|MI5]]'s surveillance of left-wing groups. | Rimington has defended [[Security Service|MI5]]'s surveillance of left-wing groups. | ||
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Stella Rimington was the former head of the Security Service MI5 from 1992 to 1996.[1]
Rimington has defended MI5's surveillance of left-wing groups.
- Well all I can say is that Communist and Trotskyist organisations, by their philosophy, their published aims, would have fallen within the definition of subversion.[2]
According to The Sunday Times, Rimington worked alongside Michael Bettaney running Willie Carlin as an agent in the IRA in 1980.[3]
References
- ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.
- ↑ True Spies 1. Subversive My Arse, BBC News, accessed 10 April 2008.
- ↑ Liam Clarke and Nick Fielding, BETRAYAL: HOW MI5 LOST THATCHER'S MOLE, The Sunday Times, 21 May 2000.
External Resources
- David Rose, Secrets of success, The Observer, 9 September 2001.
