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| − | |image= | + | |image=stella_rimington.jpg |
| − | |wikipedia= | + | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Rimington |
|birth_date=13 May 1935 | |birth_date=13 May 1935 | ||
| + | |historycommons=http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=stella_rimington_1 | ||
| + | |amazon=https://www.amazon.com/Stella-Rimington/e/B001H6UHSG/ | ||
| + | |spouses=John Rimington | ||
| + | |alma_mater=University of Edinburgh | ||
| + | |constitutes=Spook, author | ||
| + | |birth_place=South London, England, UK | ||
| + | |nationality=British | ||
| + | |powerbase=http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Stella_Rimington | ||
| + | |sourcewatch=http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stella_Rimington | ||
|employment={{job | |employment={{job | ||
| − | |title= Director General of MI5 | + | |title=Director General of MI5 |
|start=1992 | |start=1992 | ||
|end=1996 | |end=1996 | ||
| + | }}{{job | ||
| + | |title=Deputy Director General of MI5 | ||
| + | |start=1990 | ||
| + | |end=1992 | ||
| + | }}{{job | ||
| + | |title=MI5/G Branch/Director | ||
| + | |start=1988 | ||
| + | |end=1990 | ||
| + | |description= | ||
| + | |ref=Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.772.}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
| + | '''Dame Stella Rimmington''' joined [[MI5]] and was reportedly "[[Deputy Director General of MI5|Senior Deputy Director General]]" from 1990<ref>Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.222.</ref>-1991/1992<ref>http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Spy-Chiefs.htm</ref><ref>Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.241.</ref> and [[Director General of MI5]] from 1992-1995. | ||
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| + | ==Career== | ||
| + | Rimington has defended [[Security Service|MI5]]'s surveillance of left-wing groups, commenting that | ||
| + | {{SMWQ | ||
| + | |text=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. | ||
| + | |subjects=communism, subversion | ||
| + | |authors=Stella Rimington | ||
| + | |source_name=BBC | ||
| + | |source_URL=http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/programmes/true_spies/transcripts/truespies_prog1.txt | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | Rimington | + | |
| − | + | As Director General Rimington disbanded a specialist section of [[MI5/G Branch#G7|G7]] responsible for "[[Islamic terrorism]]" in 1994 against the protests of experienced counter-terrorist officers{{who}}.<ref>[[Document:UK Intelligence And Security Report, 2003]]</ref> | |
{{SMWDocs}} | {{SMWDocs}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
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| Born | 13 May 1935 South London, England, UK | |||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh | |||||||||||
| Spouse | John Rimington | |||||||||||
| Member of | Trilateral Commission | |||||||||||
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Dame Stella Rimmington joined MI5 and was reportedly "Senior Deputy Director General" from 1990[7]-1991/1992[8][9] and Director General of MI5 from 1992-1995.
Career
Rimington has defended MI5's surveillance of left-wing groups, commenting that
“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.”
Stella Rimington [10]
As Director General Rimington disbanded a specialist section of G7 responsible for "Islamic terrorism" in 1994 against the protests of experienced counter-terrorist officers[Who?].[11]
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