Jonathan Allen (Diplomat) - Revision history

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 '''Jonathan Allen''' has been the director for National Security at the [[British Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] since January 2015. He was previously the British Ambassador to Bulgaria from January 2011 until December 2014 and  head of the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]'s East Africa and Great Lakes department until the second half of 2011. <ref name="FCO"> FCO, [http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=PressR&id=448726682 Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Bulgaria] 21 December 2010, accessed 8 April 2011 </ref>
-Allen is also a former head of the [[Research, Information and Communications Unit]] (RICU), which is a propaganda unit of the intelligence agency the [[Homeland Security Groupo]] in the Home Office.<ref name="FCO"/> RICU began after the alleged terrorist plans to detonate liquid explosives aboard transatlantic airline flights in 2006. It is managed by the [[Home Office]], [[Department for Communities and Local Government]], and the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]. Allen held this role between 2007-09. <ref name="FCO"/>
+Allen is also a former head of the [[Research, Information and Communications Unit]] (RICU), which is a propaganda unit of the intelligence agency the [[Homeland Security Group]] in the Home Office.<ref name="FCO"/> RICU began after the alleged terrorist plans to detonate liquid explosives aboard transatlantic airline flights in 2006. It is managed by the [[Home Office]], [[Department for Communities and Local Government]], and the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]. Allen held this role between 2007-09. <ref name="FCO"/>
 ==Biography==

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 '''Jonathan Allen''' has been the director for National Security at the [[British Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] since January 2015. He was previously the British Ambassador to Bulgaria from January 2011 until December 2014 and  head of the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]'s East Africa and Great Lakes department until the second half of 2011. <ref name="FCO"> FCO, [http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=PressR&id=448726682 Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Bulgaria] 21 December 2010, accessed 8 April 2011 </ref>
-Allen is also a former head of the [[Research, Information and Communications Unit]] (RICU), which is a counter terrorism strategy in the United Kingdom.<ref name="FCO"/> The RICU began after the proposed terrorist plans to detonate liquid explosives aboard transatlantic airline flights in 2006. It is managed by the [[Home Office]], [[Department for Communities and Local Government]], and the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]. Allen held this role between 2007-09. <ref name="FCO"/>
+Allen is also a former head of the [[Research, Information and Communications Unit]] (RICU), which is a propaganda unit of the intelligence agency the [[Homeland Security Groupo]] in the Home Office.<ref name="FCO"/> RICU began after the alleged terrorist plans to detonate liquid explosives aboard transatlantic airline flights in 2006. It is managed by the [[Home Office]], [[Department for Communities and Local Government]], and the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]. Allen held this role between 2007-09. <ref name="FCO"/>
 ==Biography==

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 ==Biography==
 * May 2009 – 2011   FCO, Head, Africa Department (East Africa, Great Lakes, Strategy)
 *2007 – 2009  Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism, Head of Research, Information and Communications Unit

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	[[Image:Jonathan Allen.JPG\|thumb\|right\|Jonathan Allen at a panel discussion called"Words Matter: The Role of Lexicon in Counter-Terrorism Communications Strategy" June 24, 2008]]		[[Image:Jonathan Allen.JPG\|thumb\|right\|Jonathan Allen at a panel discussion called"Words Matter: The Role of Lexicon in Counter-Terrorism Communications Strategy" June 24, 2008]]
	'''Jonathan Allen''' has been the director for National Security at the [[British Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] since January 2015. He was previously the British Ambassador to Bulgaria from January 2011 until December 2014 and head of the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]'s East Africa and Great Lakes department until the second half of 2011. <ref name="FCO"> FCO, [http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=PressR&id=448726682 Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Bulgaria] 21 December 2010, accessed 8 April 2011 </ref>		'''Jonathan Allen''' has been the director for National Security at the [[British Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] since January 2015. He was previously the British Ambassador to Bulgaria from January 2011 until December 2014 and head of the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]'s East Africa and Great Lakes department until the second half of 2011. <ref name="FCO"> FCO, [http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=PressR&id=448726682 Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Bulgaria] 21 December 2010, accessed 8 April 2011 </ref>

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+==Resources==
 ==Notes==
 <references/>
 [[Category:Diplomats|Allen, Jonathan]][[Category:Counter-Terrorism|Allen, Jonathan]]

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 [[Image:Jonathan Allen.JPG|thumb|right|Jonathan Allen at a panel discussion called"Words Matter: The Role of Lexicon in Counter-Terrorism Communications Strategy" June 24, 2008]]
-'''Jonathan Allen''' has been the director for National Security at the [[British Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] since January 2015. He was previously the British Ambassador to Bulgaria from January 2011 until December 2014 and  head of the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]'s East Africa and Great Lakes department until the second half of 2011. ref name="FCO"> FCO, [http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=PressR&id=448726682 Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Bulgaria] 21 December 2010, accessed 8 April 2011 </ref>
+'''Jonathan Allen''' has been the director for National Security at the [[British Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] since January 2015. He was previously the British Ambassador to Bulgaria from January 2011 until December 2014 and  head of the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]'s East Africa and Great Lakes department until the second half of 2011. <ref name="FCO"> FCO, [http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=PressR&id=448726682 Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Bulgaria] 21 December 2010, accessed 8 April 2011 </ref>
 Allen is also a former head of the [[Research, Information and Communications Unit]] (RICU), which is a counter terrorism strategy in the United Kingdom.<ref name="FCO"/> The RICU began after the proposed terrorist plans to detonate liquid explosives aboard transatlantic airline flights in 2006. It is managed by the [[Home Office]], [[Department for Communities and Local Government]], and the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]. Allen held this role between 2007-09. <ref name="FCO"/>

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