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In 1985, Cathy Massiter, who as an [[MI5]] officer had been responsible for the surveillance of [[CND]] from 1981 to 1983, resigned and made disclosures to a [[Channel 4]] ''20/20 Vision'' programme, "MI5's Official Secrets".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/true_spies/2336987.stm |title=Secret State: Timeline |publisher=BBC News |date=2002-10-17 |accessdate=2011-01-09}}</ref><ref name=hansard>{{cite web|url=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1986/jul/24/business-of-the-house-1 |title=Dale Campbell-Savours, MP, in ''Hansard'', 24 July 1986 |publisher=Hansard.millbanksystems.com |date= |accessdate=2011-01-09}}</ref> She said that her work was determined more by the political importance of CND than by any security threat posed by subversive elements within it, and argued that the organisation was contravening the rules governing its practices.<ref>James Rusbridger [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=p62LN9EhsKYC&pg=PA208 ''The Intelligence Game: The Illusions and Delusions of International Espionage''], London: I.B. Taurus, 1991, p.208. Originally published by The Bodley Head in 1989.</ref> | In 1985, Cathy Massiter, who as an [[MI5]] officer had been responsible for the surveillance of [[CND]] from 1981 to 1983, resigned and made disclosures to a [[Channel 4]] ''20/20 Vision'' programme, "MI5's Official Secrets".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/true_spies/2336987.stm |title=Secret State: Timeline |publisher=BBC News |date=2002-10-17 |accessdate=2011-01-09}}</ref><ref name=hansard>{{cite web|url=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1986/jul/24/business-of-the-house-1 |title=Dale Campbell-Savours, MP, in ''Hansard'', 24 July 1986 |publisher=Hansard.millbanksystems.com |date= |accessdate=2011-01-09}}</ref> She said that her work was determined more by the political importance of CND than by any security threat posed by subversive elements within it, and argued that the organisation was contravening the rules governing its practices.<ref>James Rusbridger [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=p62LN9EhsKYC&pg=PA208 ''The Intelligence Game: The Illusions and Delusions of International Espionage''], London: I.B. Taurus, 1991, p.208. Originally published by The Bodley Head in 1989.</ref> | ||
| − | + | [[Richard Norton-Taylor]] wrote in 2001 that Massiter's revelations in 1985 had never been officially challenged by the government.<ref>Richard Norton-Taylor [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/sep/11/media.freedomofinformation "Truth, but not the whole truth"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', 11 September 2001</ref> | |
| − | [[Richard Norton-Taylor]] wrote in 2001 that Massiter's revelations in 1985 had never been officially challenged by the government.<ref>Richard Norton-Taylor [http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2001/sep/11/media.freedomofinformation "Truth, but not the whole truth"], ''The Guardian'', 11 September 2001</ref> | ||
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In 1985, Cathy Massiter, who as an MI5 officer had been responsible for the surveillance of CND from 1981 to 1983, resigned and made disclosures to a Channel 4 20/20 Vision programme, "MI5's Official Secrets".[1][2] She said that her work was determined more by the political importance of CND than by any security threat posed by subversive elements within it, and argued that the organisation was contravening the rules governing its practices.[3]
Richard Norton-Taylor wrote in 2001 that Massiter's revelations in 1985 had never been officially challenged by the government.[4]
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- ↑ James Rusbridger The Intelligence Game: The Illusions and Delusions of International Espionage, London: I.B. Taurus, 1991, p.208. Originally published by The Bodley Head in 1989.
- ↑ Richard Norton-Taylor "Truth, but not the whole truth", The Guardian, 11 September 2001
