Confidential Intelligence Unit - Revision history

Tilly Gifford at 10:41, 31 January 2011

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Tilly Gifford at 13:02, 25 January 2011

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Melissa Jones: /* Future of the CIU */ only need to do internal link once on a page

2011-01-25T12:47:46Z

Future of the CIU: only need to do internal link once on a page

Melissa Jones: /* Notes */

2011-01-25T12:47:08Z

Notes

Melissa Jones: /* controversy surrounding databases */

2011-01-25T12:43:40Z

controversy surrounding databases

Tilly Gifford at 11:58, 25 January 2011

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Tilly Gifford: /* Role */

2011-01-25T11:38:27Z

Role

Tilly Gifford at 11:15, 25 January 2011

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Tom Griffin: category:UK Police Intelligence

2009-02-11T21:11:22Z

category:UK Police Intelligence

Tom Griffin: correct NCDE link

2009-02-11T02:21:46Z

correct NCDE link

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 An article in ''the Guardian'' states that sensitive information from undercover officers, other informants in protest groups and covert intercepts are handled by the CIU, a section of the [[NPOIU]]. The database contains descriptions of people, their nicknames or pseudonyms, reports of their activities and photographs of them.<ref name="Hirsch"> Rob Evans, Matthew Taylor, Afua Hirsch and Paul Lewis
    [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/13/mark-kennedy-undercover-police-acpo?intcmp=239 Rein in undercover police units, says former DPP] ''The Guardian'', 13/01/11, accessed 24/01/11</ref>
 ====Controversy surrounding databases====

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−	The [[Confidential Intelligence Unit]] (CIU) is a unit set up by the [[Association of Chief Police Officers]] to carry out covert monitoring of 'domestic extremism'.<ref>[http://www.acpo.police.uk/Vacancy/NCDEVac/NPOIU%20%20DCI%20-%20%20CIU%20Job%20description.doc Role Profile (word document)], Association of Chief Police Officers, accessed 10 February 2009.</ref>	+	The [[Confidential Intelligence Unit]] (CIU) is a unit set up by the [[Association of Chief Police Officers]] to carry out covert monitoring of 'domestic extremism'.<ref>[http://www.acpo.police.uk/Vacancy/NCDEVac/NPOIU%20%20DCI%20-%20%20CIU%20Job%20description.doc Role Profile (word document)], Association of Chief Police Officers, accessed 10 February 2009.</ref> The Confidential Intelligence Unit is a section of the [[NPOIU]] which in turn is one of the three "domestic extremism" units working under the direction of Detective Chief Superintendent [[Adrian Tudway]]. [[NETCU]], [[NPOIU]] (of which the [[CIU]] is a section) and [[NDET]] are the three units answering to [[ACPO]]. As the "national co-ordinator for domestic extremism" he commands about 100 staff and has a budget of about £9m a year.<ref name="Hirsch"> Rob Evans, Matthew Taylor, Afua Hirsch and Paul Lewis [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/13/mark-kennedy-undercover-police-acpo?intcmp=239 Rein in undercover police units, says former DPP] ''The Guardian'', 13/01/11, accessed 24/01/11</ref>

	==Role==		==Role==

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-The National Co-ordinator for Domestic Extremism, Detective Chief Superintendent [[Adrian Tudway]], is currently managing the merger said "The three domestic extremism units were set up at different times during a six year period, with the current economic climate and the need to maximise resources it makes sense to merge."
+The National Co-ordinator for Domestic Extremism, Detective Chief Superintendent Adrian Tudway, is currently managing the merger said "The three domestic extremism units were set up at different times during a six year period, with the current economic climate and the need to maximise resources it makes sense to merge."
 An article in ''The Guardian'' on the three "domestic extremism" units working under the direction of Detective Chief Superintendent [[Adrian Tudway]] states that
 :concerns have been growing about the accountability and subject to agreement they will be taken over by the Met under a "lead force" agreement – the same way the Met has overall command of national counter-terrorism operations.<ref name="Hirsch"/>
 ==Affiliations==

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 *[[National Public Order Intelligence Unit]]
-===Notes===
+==Notes==
 <references/>
 [[Category:spooks]][[Category:UK Police Intelligence]]

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    [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/13/mark-kennedy-undercover-police-acpo?intcmp=239 Rein in undercover police units, says former DPP] ''The Guardian'', 13/01/11, accessed 24/01/11</ref>
-====controversy surrounding databases====
+====Controversy surrounding databases====
 As demonstrated by an article in ''The Guardian'' doubts surround the justification of these databases.
 :The only activists so far confirmed to be on the database are 85-year-old John Catt and his daughter Linda, two peaceful campaigners from Brighton. John Catt often goes to demonstrations, where he likes to take out his sketch pad and draw the scene.
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 :"Just because you have no criminal record does not mean that you are not of interest to the police," he said. "Everyone who has got a criminal record did not have one once."<ref name="Hirsch"> Rob Evans, Matthew Taylor, Afua Hirsch and Paul Lewis
    [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/13/mark-kennedy-undercover-police-acpo?intcmp=239 Rein in undercover police units, says former DPP] ''The Guardian'', 13/01/11, accessed 24/01/11</ref>
 ==Structure==

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 *Represent [[National Public Order Intelligence Unit|NPOIU]] at Public Interest Immunity hearings, and legal meetings regarding sensitive source material<ref>[http://www.acpo.police.uk/Vacancy/NCDEVac/NPOIU%20%20DCI%20-%20%20CIU%20Job%20description.doc Role Profile (word document)], Association of Chief Police Officers, accessed 10 February 2009.</ref>
 CHIS is an acronym for covert human intelligence sources, i.e. informers.
 ==Structure==

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	A number of critics followed the Mail in seeing the CIU as a revival of the kind of political policing carried out by [[MI5]] and police Special Branches in the 1970s.<ref>For example [http://ubisurv.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/ppp-uk/ Privatising political policing in the UK?], by David Murakami Wood, Notes from the ubiquitous surveillance society, 10 February 2009.</ref>		A number of critics followed the Mail in seeing the CIU as a revival of the kind of political policing carried out by [[MI5]] and police Special Branches in the 1970s.<ref>For example [http://ubisurv.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/ppp-uk/ Privatising political policing in the UK?], by David Murakami Wood, Notes from the ubiquitous surveillance society, 10 February 2009.</ref>
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		+	==Future of the CIU==
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		+	According to the [[NETCU]] website
		+	: following reviews within ACPO TAM and a HMIC Value for Money Review, it was agreed by the ACPO TAM board to merge the three Domestic Extremism units into single national function under a lead force.<ref>NETCU website [http://www.netcu.org.uk/media/article.jsp?id=666&chkx=f01c90cfaf0f7717c6029b5aaec5e9c8 Media] 24/11/10, accessed 22/01/11</ref>
		+	The three "domestic-extremism' units in question are [[NPOIU]], [[NETCU]] and [[NDET]]. They currently answer to [[ACPO]].<ref name="Hirsch">Rob Evans, Matthew Taylor, Afua Hirsch and Paul Lewis [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/13/mark-kennedy-undercover-police-acpo?intcmp=239
		+	Rein in undercover police units, says former DPP] ''The Guardian'', 13/01/11, accessed 24/01/11</ref>
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		+	The National Co-ordinator for Domestic Extremism, Detective Chief Superintendent [[Adrian Tudway]], is currently managing the merger said "The three domestic extremism units were set up at different times during a six year period, with the current economic climate and the need to maximise resources it makes sense to merge."
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		+	An article in ''The Guardian'' on the three "domestic extremism" units working under the direction of Detective Chief Superintendent [[Adrian Tudway]] states that
		+	:concerns have been growing about the accountability and subject to agreement they will be taken over by the Met under a "lead force" agreement – the same way the Met has overall command of national counter-terrorism operations.<ref name="Hirsch"/>
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	==Affiliations==		==Affiliations==

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 ===Running informers===
 Several points in the job description, highlight the covert role that the head of the [[Confidential Intelligence Unit]] is expected to play.
-*Manage and direct the covert operational response to [[National Co-ordinator Domestic Extremism|NCDE]] taskings’ and  associated DE investigation strategies
+*Manage and direct the covert operational response to [[National Co-ordinator for Domestic Extremism|NCDE]] taskings’ and  associated DE investigation strategies
 *Where appropriate, set strategic direction to national intelligence collection plans, and covert intelligence development operations that may involve CHIS and technical assets.
 *Represent [[National Public Order Intelligence Unit|NPOIU]] at Public Interest Immunity hearings, and legal meetings regarding sensitive source material<ref>[http://www.acpo.police.uk/Vacancy/NCDEVac/NPOIU%20%20DCI%20-%20%20CIU%20Job%20description.doc Role Profile (word document)], Association of Chief Police Officers, accessed 10 February 2009.</ref>
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 ==Structure==
-The CIU is a unit of the [[Association of Chief Police Officers]]. The job description for the unit's head states that they carry out their duties on behalf of the [[National Co-ordinator Domestic Extremism]]. The head of the CIU is expected to be a Detective Chief Inspector who reports the Detective Superintendent heading the [[National Public Order Intelligence Unit]] (NPIOU). The head of the CIU is a member of the senior management team of the NPIOU and may be expected to function as its deputy head.<ref>[http://www.acpo.police.uk/Vacancy/NCDEVac/NPOIU%20%20DCI%20-%20%20CIU%20Job%20description.doc Role Profile (word document)], Association of Chief Police Officers, accessed 10 February 2009.</ref>
+The CIU is a unit of the [[Association of Chief Police Officers]]. The job description for the unit's head states that they carry out their duties on behalf of the [[National Co-ordinator for Domestic Extremism]]. The head of the CIU is expected to be a Detective Chief Inspector who reports the Detective Superintendent heading the [[National Public Order Intelligence Unit]] (NPIOU). The head of the CIU is a member of the senior management team of the NPIOU and may be expected to function as its deputy head.<ref>[http://www.acpo.police.uk/Vacancy/NCDEVac/NPOIU%20%20DCI%20-%20%20CIU%20Job%20description.doc Role Profile (word document)], Association of Chief Police Officers, accessed 10 February 2009.</ref>
 The CIU's status as a unit of ACPO, a private body, was highlighted by critics when the unit's existence became public. Henry Porter of the Guardian wrote:
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 ==Affiliations==
 *[[Association of Chief Police Officers]]
-*[[National Co-ordinator Domestic Extremism]]
+*[[National Co-ordinator for Domestic Extremism]]
 *[[National Public Order Intelligence Unit]]