David Omand

David Omand
David Omand ; (spook);
Born	15 April 1947
Nationality	UK
Alma mater	University of Cambridge, Glasgow Academy
Member of	Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies/Fellows
	Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator
In office
	August 2002 - April 2005
Succeeded by	Bill Jeffrey
	Permanent Secretary of the Home Office
In office
	1 January 1998 - 2002
Employer	GCHQ
	Director of GCHQ
In office
	July 1996 - 31 December 1997
Employer	GCHQ
Preceded by	John Adye
Succeeded by	Kevin Tebbit

David Omand is a UK spook.

Career

David Omand began his career with GCHQ.^[1] After working for the Ministry of Defence for a number of years, Omand was appointed Director of GCHQ from 1996 to 1997. His next post was Permanent Secretary at the Home Office.

Omand remarked that encryption would lead to "ethically worse" behaviour by spies.^[2]

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
Bilderberg/2013	6 June 2013	9 June 2013	Watford UK	The 2013 Bilderberg group meeting.

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Five questions for new Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer about his UK and US national security establishment links	Article	5 June 2020	Matt Kennard	Keir Starmer did not become leader to help Labour win, but to restore establishment control over the party and vanquish the heretics that dared defy its agenda. For the forces he truly represents, the project has been a smashing success.

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