Jon Searle
British Army Reserve officer and Institute for Statecraft fellow
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Jon Searle (J. P. Searle) is a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve who, according to an Institute for Statecraft proposal, served as chief of staff of the Specialist Group Military Intelligence (SGMI) and was the Institute's "Senior Fellow in Ideology and Conflict".[1] He is named in a list of SGMI members published by Anonymous in January 2019, as "Lt Col, TD RA, SO1 Human Networks, HDIS".[2]
Military career
The Institute's 2017 proposal to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for work in the Western Balkans describes him as follows: "Served as Chief of Staff in Specialist Group Military Intelligence, and as an Army Reserve Lt Col, is now SO1 (Human Networks) in SGMI's Human Domain Intelligence Pillar working on issues relating to the relationship between Ideology/Theology and Conflict". It adds that he read theology at Oxford.[1]
Integrity Initiative
The Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media lists Searle among the Institute for Statecraft's "2 Temple Place resident team".[3] Programmes published by Anonymous show him hosting delegations for the Institute at SGMI:
- In July 2016, "Lt Col J P Searle TD RA, SGMI" hosted "Discussions with 77 Brigade and Specialist Group Military Intelligence (SGMI)" at Denison Barracks for a visiting group of Ukrainian reserve officers.[4]
- In October 2016, "Lt Col Jon Searle TD, SGMI, SO1 Human Domain Intelligence Specialists, Human & Social Networks" was the point of contact for a presentation to a Lithuanian Ministry of Defence team at the Institute for Statecraft.[5]
The documents also include an invoice from him to the Institute for Statecraft dated 29 May 2018.[6]
Affiliations
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Institute for Statecraft, IFS-Ed – WB6 Proposal – FCO, 18 October 2017, among Integrity Initiative documents published by Anonymous, 2019.
- ↑ Anonymous, list of Specialist Group Military Intelligence members posted on CyberGuerrilla, 24 January 2019, archived copy, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media, Briefing note on the Integrity Initiative, 21 December 2018, updated 29 December 2018, accessed 1 November 2026.
- ↑ Institute for Statecraft, Visit of Ukrainian reserve officers programme, 11 July 2016, among Integrity Initiative documents published by Anonymous, 2018.
- ↑ Institute for Statecraft, programme for a Lithuanian Ministry of Defence strategic communications team visit, fifth draft, 17 October 2016, among Integrity Initiative documents published by Anonymous, 2019.
- ↑ J. P. Searle, invoice to the Institute for Statecraft, 29 May 2018, among Integrity Initiative documents published by Anonymous, 2019.