Stella Rimington
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| Born | 13 May 1935 | |||||||||||
| Member of | Trilateral Commission | |||||||||||
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Dame Stella Rimmington joined MI5 and was reportedly "Senior Deputy Director General" from 190-1992[1] 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.[2]
Islamic Terrorism
Stella Rimington as Director General disbanded a specialist section of G7 responsible for Islamic terrorism in 1994 against the protests of experienced counter-terrorist officers[Who?].[3]
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References
- ↑ http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Spy-Chiefs.htm
- ↑ True Spies 1. Subversive My Arse, BBC News, accessed 10 April 2008.
- ↑ Document:UK Intelligence And Security Report, 2003
