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Andrew Fulton is a former member of [[Secret Intelligence Service|MI6]], who once headed its Washington office. In April 2006 he was appointed chairman of corporate investigators [[GPW]]. In late 2006 he was employed by [[Armor Group]] to "develop new business opportunities in the security consulting market" (Independent, 21st August 2006). According to ''The Times'':
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'''Robert Andrew Fulton''' (born 6 February 1944) is a former member of [[MI6]], who once headed its Washington office. In April 2006 Andrew Fulton was appointed chairman of corporate investigators [[GPW]]. In late 2006 he was employed by Armor Group to "develop new business opportunities in the security consulting market" (''The Independent'', 21 August 2006).
  
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:Mr Fulton, 62, was thrust into the limelight in 2000 when he was revealed to be a former spy and forced to step down as legal adviser to the [[Lockerbie Commission]].
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In February 2008, the then newly-appointed chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party, Andrew Fulton, who was asked by [[David Cameron]] to reinvigorate the party north of the border, was reported to have been an [[MI6]] spy.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/1580316/Former-MI6-spy-to-head-Scottish-Tory-Party.html "Former MI6 spy to head Scottish Tory Party"]</ref> Fulton was unmasked as a former spy in 2000 when he was forced to step down as a member of the Lockerbie Trial Briefing Unit which provided media briefings on the trial in Holland of the two Libyans accused of the [[Lockerbie bombing]].<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20021229044817/http://www.ltb.org.uk/ltbunit.cfm "Lockerbie Trial Briefing Unit"]</ref>
  
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:A visiting professor at [[Glasgow University]], Mr Fulton had been appointed to the school&#39;s panel of legal experts briefing the press on the trial of two Libyans accused of the 1988 bombing.
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Andrew Fulton was previously head of the Scottish arm of [[Control Risks Group]], one of the biggest private military contractors.
  
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:At the time, Mr Fulton&#39;s relatives described him as &#39;not a James Bond type&#39;. Yet he had been among dozens of MI6 officers named by the rebel [[Richard Tomlinson]] in 1999.
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==Diplomat==
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Andrew Fulton joined HM Diplomatic Service in 1968. He was posted as Third later Second Secretary to Saigon in 1969 at the height of the Vietnam War. From 1973 to 1977 he served as First Secretary in Rome, before being posted to East Berlin in 1978. Fulton was posted as Counsellor to Oslo in 1984, and was part of the British delegation to the United Nations from 1989 to 1992.<ref>Liz Chong [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8209-2126629,00.html Ex-MI6 man spies opening as head of GPW] The Times, April 10, 2006.</ref>
  
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:Mr Fulton, currently chairman of the [[Scottish North American Business Council]], declined to comment on his past. However, he told The Times: &#39;I have developed a pretty good network in the business community. I think I can open doors for GPW.&#39;
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==Politician==
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In February 2008, Fulton was appointed chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2008/02/29/ntories329.xml "Former MI6 spy to head Scottish Tory Party"] Auslan Cramb, ''Daily Telegraph'', 29 February 2008.</ref>
  
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:Mr Fulton was previously head of the Scottish arm of [[Control Risks Group]], one of the biggest investigations firms. He began his career in 1969 when he was sent to Saigon at the height of the Vietnam War. He served in East Berlin in the late 1970s and was part of the British delegation to the United Nations from 1989 to 1992.<ref>Liz Chong [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8209-2126629,00.html Ex-MI6 man spies opening as head of GPW] The Times, April 10, 2006. </ref>
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==References==
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In February 2008, Fulton was appointed chairman of the Scottish [[Conservative Party]]. <ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2008/02/29/ntories329.xml  Former MI6 spy to head Scottish Tory Party],{Auslan Cramb]], [[Daily Telegraph]], 29 February 2008.</ref>
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==External links==
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* BBC Online, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/758952.stm Lockerbie 'MI6' man dropped], Monday, 22 May, 2000, 10:59 GMT 11:59 UK
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BBC Online, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/758952.stm Lockerbie 'MI6' man dropped], Monday, 22 May, 2000, 10:59 GMT 11:59 UK
 
  
 
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Revision as of 22:46, 20 February 2014

Andrew Fulton Spook, Business lobbyist and Corporate spy

Robert Andrew Fulton (born 6 February 1944) is a former member of MI6, who once headed its Washington office. In April 2006 Andrew Fulton was appointed chairman of corporate investigators GPW. In late 2006 he was employed by Armor Group to "develop new business opportunities in the security consulting market" (The Independent, 21 August 2006).

In February 2008, the then newly-appointed chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party, Andrew Fulton, who was asked by David Cameron to reinvigorate the party north of the border, was reported to have been an MI6 spy.[1] Fulton was unmasked as a former spy in 2000 when he was forced to step down as a member of the Lockerbie Trial Briefing Unit which provided media briefings on the trial in Holland of the two Libyans accused of the Lockerbie bombing.[2]

Andrew Fulton was previously head of the Scottish arm of Control Risks Group, one of the biggest private military contractors.

Diplomat

Andrew Fulton joined HM Diplomatic Service in 1968. He was posted as Third later Second Secretary to Saigon in 1969 at the height of the Vietnam War. From 1973 to 1977 he served as First Secretary in Rome, before being posted to East Berlin in 1978. Fulton was posted as Counsellor to Oslo in 1984, and was part of the British delegation to the United Nations from 1989 to 1992.[3]

Politician

In February 2008, Fulton was appointed chairman of the Scottish Conservative Party.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Former MI6 spy to head Scottish Tory Party"
  2. ↑ "Lockerbie Trial Briefing Unit"
  3. ↑ Liz Chong Ex-MI6 man spies opening as head of GPW The Times, April 10, 2006.
  4. ↑ "Former MI6 spy to head Scottish Tory Party" Auslan Cramb, Daily Telegraph, 29 February 2008.

External links

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