Stella Rimington - Revision history

Tom Griffin: /* Northern Ireland */

2013-07-20T10:46:41Z

Northern Ireland

Tom Griffin: /* Northern Ireland */

2013-06-27T19:45:16Z

Northern Ireland

Tom Griffin: /* Resources */

2013-05-30T19:39:01Z

Resources

Tom Griffin: /* Deputy Director General */

2013-01-30T20:23:22Z

Deputy Director General

Melissa Jones: Spinwatch article link

2012-12-27T00:01:35Z

Spinwatch article link

David at 09:56, 21 December 2012

2012-12-21T09:56:30Z

David at 09:45, 21 December 2012

2012-12-21T09:45:57Z

Tom Griffin: typos

2012-12-21T06:00:36Z

typos

Tom Griffin: F branch

2012-12-21T05:59:26Z

F branch

Tom Griffin: K Branch

2012-12-21T05:35:06Z

K Branch

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 The DCI who had worked with Oatley was probably [[John Deverell]], as reported by Stephen Dorril:
-Although when the retiring Oatley passed on the mantle to an MI5 officer, he had the support of the MI5 Co-ordinator of Intelligence in Northern Ireland, John Deverell, the process faced near-collapse following the death of Deverell in a helicopter crash. MI5 Director-General Stella Rimington was a hardliner who briefed Prime Minister John Major that McGuinness and Adams were IRA members and could not be trusted. Privately, senior MI6 officers accused their MI5 counterparts of being 'a bunch of idiots' whose efforts had sabotaged the process.<ref>Stephen Dorril, ''MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service'', Fourth Estate Limited, 2000, p.741.</ref>
+::Although when the retiring Oatley passed on the mantle to an MI5 officer, he had the support of the MI5 Co-ordinator of Intelligence in Northern Ireland, John Deverell, the process faced near-collapse following the death of Deverell in a helicopter crash. MI5 Director-General Stella Rimington was a hardliner who briefed Prime Minister John Major that McGuinness and Adams were IRA members and could not be trusted. Privately, senior MI6 officers accused their MI5 counterparts of being 'a bunch of idiots' whose efforts had sabotaged the process.<ref>Stephen Dorril, ''MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service'', Fourth Estate Limited, 2000, p.741.</ref>
 ==Resources==

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 Rimington was made Assistant Director (head) of a section within [[MI5 F Branch|F Branch]] in 1983.<ref>Stella Rimington, ''Open Secret'', Arrow Books, 2002, p.159.</ref> This was probably F2.
-Rimington worked as acting director of [[MI5 F Branch |F Branch]] for a few months in 1985, before being put in charge of recruiting and staff security.<ref>Stella Rimington, ''Open Secret'', Arrow Books, 2002, p.181.</ref>
+Rimington worked as acting director of [[MI5 F Branch |F Branch]] for a few months in 1985, before being put in charge of recruiting and staff security.<ref>Stella Rimington, ''Open Secret'', Arrow Books, 2002, p.181.</ref> The latter role would imply a position in [[MI5 Branch|B Branch]].
 ===Director K Branch===

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 ==Resources==
 *David Rose, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2001/sep/09/freedomofinformation.Whitehall Secrets of success], ''The Observer'', 9 September 2001.
 ==References==

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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>
 ==Resources==

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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>
-==External Resources==
 *David Rose, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2001/sep/09/freedomofinformation.Whitehall Secrets of success], ''The Observer'', 9 September 2001.

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 ::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.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/programmes/true_spies/transcripts/truespies_prog1.txt True Spies 1. Subversive My Arse], BBC News, accessed 10 April 2008.</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>
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 Rimington worked as acting director of [[MI5 F Branch |F Branch]] for a few months in 1985, before being put in charge of recruiting and staff security.<ref>Stella Rimington, ''Open Secret'', Arrow Books, 2002, p.181.</ref>
-==Director K Branch==
+===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>
-==Counter-Terrorism Director==
+===Counter-Terrorism Director===
 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>
 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]], which occurred on the afternoon of 6 March 1988.<ref>Stella Rimington, ''Open Secret'', Arrow Books, 2002, p.210.</ref>
-==Deputy Director General==
+===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>
 ==References==
 <references/>
 [[Category:spooks|Rimington, Stella]]

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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>
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		+	Rimington was made Assistant Director (head) of a section within [[F Branch MI5]] in 1983.<ref>Stella Rimington, ''Open Secret'', Arrow Books, 2002, p.159.</ref> This was probably F2.
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		+	Rimington worked as acting director of [[F Branch MI5\|F Branch]] for a few months in 1985, before being put in charge of recruiting and staff security.<ref>Stella Rimington, ''Open Secret'', Arrow Books, 2002, p.181.</ref>

	==Director K Branch==		==Director K Branch==

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 [[Image:StellaRimington.jpg|thumb|right|Stella Rimington<br><i>© Crown Copyright 2007</i>]]
-'''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>
+'''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.
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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>
 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>
 ==References==
 <references/>