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| − | '''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. | + | '''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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| 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[1]-1991/1992[2][3] and Director General of MI5 from 1992-1995.
Career
Rimington has defended MI5's surveillance of left-wing groups.
- 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.[4]
Islamic Terrorism
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?].[5]
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References
- ↑ Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.222.
- ↑ http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Spy-Chiefs.htm
- ↑ Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.241.
- ↑ True Spies 1. Subversive My Arse, BBC News, accessed 10 April 2008.
- ↑ Document:UK Intelligence And Security Report, 2003
