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Head of the [[Security Service]] in Northern Ireland. <ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/02/alqaida.ireland MI5 targets Ireland's al-Qaeda cells], by [[Henry McDonald]], [[The Observer]], 2 March 2008.</ref>
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[[Trevor Harper]] was head of the [[Security Service]] in Northern Ireland in 2008, according to journalist Henry McDonald.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/02/alqaida.ireland MI5 targets Ireland's al-Qaeda cells], by [[Henry McDonald]], [[The Observer]], 2 March 2008.</ref>
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McDonald reported in March 2008:
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::All reports on suspected al-Qaeda activities across Ireland are to be handed over to the head of MI5 in Northern Ireland, Trevor Harper. He is based at the new £20m headquarters inside Palace military barracks. Last week The Observer revealed that, in the event of a major terror attack on MI5's HQ at Thames House in London, command of the security services would be switched to Holywood.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/02/alqaida.ireland MI5 targets Ireland's al-Qaeda cells], by [[Henry McDonald]], [[The Observer]], 2 March 2008.</ref>
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The ''Sunday World'' reported in October 2009 the the [[Real IRA]] was planning to attack the new headquarters:
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::The secure compound has been home for the past year to the new £20 million top secret MI5 'puzzle palace' headed up by the Director and Co-ordinator of Intelligence (DCI) Trevor Harper.<ref>John Cassidy, EXCLUSIVE REBELS TRYING TO CONFUSE COPS WITH FAKE CALLS, Sunday World, 11 October 2009.</ref>
  
 
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[[Category:Spooks|Harper, Trevor]][[Category:Northern Ireland|Harper, Trevor]]
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[[Category:Spooks|Harper, Trevor]][[Category:Northern Ireland|Harper, Trevor]][[Category:MI5|Harper, Trevor]][[Category:State Violence and Collusion Project|Harper, Trevor]]

Latest revision as of 15:49, 23 August 2012

Trevor Harper was head of the Security Service in Northern Ireland in 2008, according to journalist Henry McDonald.[1]

McDonald reported in March 2008:

All reports on suspected al-Qaeda activities across Ireland are to be handed over to the head of MI5 in Northern Ireland, Trevor Harper. He is based at the new £20m headquarters inside Palace military barracks. Last week The Observer revealed that, in the event of a major terror attack on MI5's HQ at Thames House in London, command of the security services would be switched to Holywood.[2]

The Sunday World reported in October 2009 the the Real IRA was planning to attack the new headquarters:

The secure compound has been home for the past year to the new £20 million top secret MI5 'puzzle palace' headed up by the Director and Co-ordinator of Intelligence (DCI) Trevor Harper.[3]

Notes

  1. MI5 targets Ireland's al-Qaeda cells, by Henry McDonald, The Observer, 2 March 2008.
  2. MI5 targets Ireland's al-Qaeda cells, by Henry McDonald, The Observer, 2 March 2008.
  3. John Cassidy, EXCLUSIVE REBELS TRYING TO CONFUSE COPS WITH FAKE CALLS, Sunday World, 11 October 2009.