Difference between revisions of "Stella Rimington"
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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> | ::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> | ||
+ | ==Career== | ||
+ | ===Northern Ireland=== | ||
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 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> | ||
− | ==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> | 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> | 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> | 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> | 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. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 09:56, 21 December 2012
Stella Rimington was the head of the Security Service MI5 from 1992 to 1996.[1]
Rimington has defended MI5's surveillance of left-wing groups.
- 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.[2]
Contents
Career
Northern Ireland
According to The Sunday Times, Rimington worked alongside Michael Bettaney running Willie Carlin as an agent in the IRA in 1980.[3]
Rimington was made Assistant Director (head) of a section within F Branch in 1983.[4] This was probably F2.
Rimington worked as acting director of F Branch for a few months in 1985, before being put in charge of recruiting and staff security.[5]
Director K Branch
Rimington became head of the counter-espionage MI5 K Branch in December 1986.[6]
Counter-Terrorism Director
Rimington was head of the counter-terrorist G Branch from 1988 to 1990.[7]
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.[8]
Deputy Director General
Rimington succeeded David Ranson as Deputy Director-General for Administration at the end of 1990.[9]
External Resources
- David Rose, Secrets of success, The Observer, 9 September 2001.
References
- ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.
- ↑ True Spies 1. Subversive My Arse, BBC News, accessed 10 April 2008.
- ↑ Liam Clarke and Nick Fielding, BETRAYAL: HOW MI5 LOST THATCHER'S MOLE, The Sunday Times, 21 May 2000.
- ↑ Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.159.
- ↑ Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.181.
- ↑ Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.185.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.772.
- ↑ Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.210.
- ↑ Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.222.