Stella Rimington

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Born13 May 1935
Member ofTrilateral Commission

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

  1. Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.222.
  2. http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Spy-Chiefs.htm
  3. Stella Rimington, Open Secret, Arrow Books, 2002, p.241.
  4. True Spies 1. Subversive My Arse, BBC News, accessed 10 April 2008.
  5. Document:UK Intelligence And Security Report, 2003


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