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| − | '''Stella Rimington''' was the | + | '''Stella Rimington''' was the 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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According to The ''Sunday Times'', Rimington worked alongside [[Michael Bettaney]] running [[Willie Carlin]] as an agent in the [[IRA]] in 1980.<ref>Liam Clarke and Nick Fielding, BETRAYAL: HOW MI5 LOST THATCHER'S MOLE, The Sunday Times, 21 May 2000.</ref> | According to The ''Sunday Times'', Rimington worked alongside [[Michael Bettaney]] running [[Willie Carlin]] as an agent in the [[IRA]] in 1980.<ref>Liam Clarke and Nick Fielding, BETRAYAL: HOW MI5 LOST THATCHER'S MOLE, The Sunday Times, 21 May 2000.</ref> | ||
| + | ==Director K Branch== | ||
| + | Rimington became head of the counter-espionage [[MI5 K Branch]] in December 1986.<ref>Stella Rimington, ''Open Secret'', Arrow Books, 2002, p.185.</ref> | ||
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Rimington was head of the counter-terrorist [[MI5 G Branch|G Branch]] from 1988 to 1990.<ref>Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.772.</ref> | Rimington was head of the counter-terrorist [[MI5 G Branch|G Branch]] from 1988 to 1990.<ref>Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.772.</ref> | ||
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| + | According to Rimington, she was asked by [[Patrick Walker]] to take over the post during a CAZAB meeting in Australia which coincided with the Gibraltar shootings.<ref>Stella Rimington, ''Open Secret'', Arrow Books, 2002, p.210.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Deputy Director General== | ||
| + | Rimington succeeded [[David Ranson]] as Deputy Director-General for Administration at the end of 1990.<ref>Stella Rimington, ''Open Secret'', Arrow Books, 2002, p.222.</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 05:35, 21 December 2012
Stella Rimington was the 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]
Contents
Director K Branch
Rimington became head of the counter-espionage MI5 K Branch in December 1986.[4]
Counter-Terrorism Director
Rimington was head of the counter-terrorist G Branch from 1988 to 1990.[5]
According to Rimington, she was asked by Patrick Walker to take over the post during a CAZAB meeting in Australia which coincided with the Gibraltar shootings.[6]
Deputy Director General
Rimington succeeded David Ranson as Deputy Director-General for Administration at the end of 1990.[7]
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.
- ↑ Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.185.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.772.
- ↑ Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.210.
- ↑ Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.222.
External Resources
- David Rose, Secrets of success, The Observer, 9 September 2001.
