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*[[Eliza Manningham-Buller]] - First head of T2<ref>Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.776.</ref> 1992-93<ref>Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and the War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 1993, p.290.</ref> | *[[Eliza Manningham-Buller]] - First head of T2<ref>Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.776.</ref> 1992-93<ref>Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and the War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 1993, p.290.</ref> | ||
*T2A: Republican and loyalist terrorism in Great Britain. | *T2A: Republican and loyalist terrorism in Great Britain. | ||
| − | *[[David Shayler]], | + | *T2A/11 [[David Shayler]], August 1992-October 1994.<ref>[http://www.birw.org/bsireports/71_99/report90.html Bloody Sunday Inquiry Reports: Week 90, 6-9 May 2003], British Irish Rights Watch, accessed 7 November 2009.</ref> |
*T2B: Liaison with local Special Branches and agent runners responsible for investigating Irish terrorism in Great Britain. | *T2B: Liaison with local Special Branches and agent runners responsible for investigating Irish terrorism in Great Britain. | ||
*T2C: Threat assessment for Irish terrorist groups. | *T2C: Threat assessment for Irish terrorist groups. | ||
*T2D: Researches Irish terrorist groups. | *T2D: Researches Irish terrorist groups. | ||
*T2E: Liaises with [[Metropolitan Police Special Branch]], based at Scotland Yard.<ref>Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, pp.320-321.</ref> | *T2E: Liaises with [[Metropolitan Police Special Branch]], based at Scotland Yard.<ref>Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, pp.320-321.</ref> | ||
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====T5==== | ====T5==== | ||
*T5/0 [[Stephen Lander]], c. 1991.<ref>Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.772.</ref> | *T5/0 [[Stephen Lander]], c. 1991.<ref>Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.772.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 00:12, 8 November 2009
T Branch of MI5 was created in 1990 with responsibility for Irish counter-terrorism.[1] It is also responsible for other forms of domestic terrorism.[2]
Contents
Organisation
Directors
- Stephen Lander February 1992-[3]
- Eliza Manningham-Buller, c. 1994.[4]
Sections
T1
Prepared the case for the transfer of responsibility for republican terrorism from Metropolitan Police Special Branch in 1991.[5]
T2
Responsible for Irish Terrorism in Great Britain.[6]
- Eliza Manningham-Buller - First head of T2[7] 1992-93[8]
- T2A: Republican and loyalist terrorism in Great Britain.
- T2A/11 David Shayler, August 1992-October 1994.[9]
- T2B: Liaison with local Special Branches and agent runners responsible for investigating Irish terrorism in Great Britain.
- T2C: Threat assessment for Irish terrorist groups.
- T2D: Researches Irish terrorist groups.
- T2E: Liaises with Metropolitan Police Special Branch, based at Scotland Yard.[10]
T5
- T5/0 Stephen Lander, c. 1991.[11]
- T5B: Investigates arms trafficking
- T5C: Counters Irish terrorism in Continental Europe, including the Republic of Ireland.
- T5D: Irish terrorism in the rest of the world.
- T5E: Studies terrorist logistics
T8
- T8: T Branch agent-runners, includes a Northern Ireland-based section.[12] Previously known as F8.[13]
Other T Branch officers
Agents
Notes
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.772.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, pp.863-864.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.775.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.786.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.773.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.776.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.776.
- ↑ Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and the War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 1993, p.290.
- ↑ Bloody Sunday Inquiry Reports: Week 90, 6-9 May 2003, British Irish Rights Watch, accessed 7 November 2009.
- ↑ Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, pp.320-321.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.772.
- ↑ Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, pp.320-321.
- ↑ Bloody Sunday Inquiry Reports: Week 90, 6-9 May 2003, British Irish Rights Watch, accessed 7 November 2009.
- ↑ Stuart Jeffries, The spy who loved me, The Guardian, 15 November 2002.
- ↑ Mark Hollingsworth, Second MI5 officer attacks security service, The Guardian, 22 July 2000.
- ↑ Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and the War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 1993, p.145.
