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| Born | 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Australian Institute of International Affairs, Banned from Russia 2015, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Head of MI5, promoting fear of 'jihadis'.
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Andrew Parker is a UK spook. He was Director General of MI5 for 7 years.
Background
Parker reports that he grew up in Newcastle.[3] He was educated at Churchill College, Cambridge where he studied Natural Sciences.[4]
Career
Andrew Parker joined MI5 in 1983.[5] He was seconded to HM Customs and Excise as Director Intelligence in 1999 before becoming Director, International Terrorism at the Security Service in February 2005.[6]
Promotions
After leading MI5's response to the 7 July 2005 London bombings and the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot[5], he became Deputy Director-General in 2007.[5] He went on to become Director General on 22 April 2013.[7][8]
"War on Terror"
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“War on Terror”
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Parker has consistently supported the "War on Terrorism". In his third public speech since taking on the job of MI5 Director General, Mr. Parker claimed in Autumn 2015 that "Britain faces an unprecedented terror threat from Islamic State and Al Qaeda fanatics plotting ‘mass casualty’ attacks over the internet".[9]
As MI5 director general he broke with the tradition of reticence that accompanied the job and consistency talked up the danger of "Islamic terrorism", claiming it is "an enduring threat and it’s at least a generational challenge for us to deal with.” In November 2016, he warned that “there will be terrorist attacks in this country. The threat level is severe and that means likely.”[3]
References
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- ↑ a b https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/01/andrew-parker-mi5-director-general-there-will-be-terrorist-attacks-in-britain-exclusive
- ↑ "Meet the real-life spymaster: Andrew Parker announced as new director general of MI5". The Independent. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
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