US website names MI6 officers
The Guardian | 22.08.2005 05:42
Somebody should inform this authour that investigators in the US have identified Karl Rove as the Plame leaker. 7/7 kinda distracted from that news, and the media's been slow to get it back into the headlines.
US website names MI6 officers
Richard Norton-Taylor
Monday August 22, 2005
The Guardian
An American website posted what it purported to be the names of 74 members of the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, yesterday.
It was not clear last night what action British intelligence officials or lawyers will take to try to get the names taken off the website and prevent further dissemination of them. However, they are likely to conduct a damage limitation exercise and warn those individuals who have been identified. Eighteen of those named on the website have held the rank of ambassador.
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The website lists the names under a message thanking someone who it refers to simply as "A".
It is not the first time names claimed to be of former or serving MI6 officers have been posted on an American website. About six years ago, the former MI6 officer, Richard Tomlinson, was alleged to have given a long list of names to a website address. Mr Tomlinson, who was jailed for breaking the Official Secrets Act, denied the allegation.
He was sentenced after revealing classified information about MI6. He later left Britain and wrote a book which was published in Moscow and Edinburgh.
More recently, newspapers in Croatia have published the names of alleged MI6 officers serving in that country.
The names were published against the background of a bitter feud in the Croatian military and security services over the hunt for alleged war criminals.
The D Notice committee, which advises editors on security and intelligence matters, asks the British media not to name MI6 officers even if they have been named elsewhere.
In America it is an offence to deliberately reveal the identity of an undercover CIA agent. A grand jury investigation was launched after the identification of CIA agent Valerie Plame, whose name was given to several journalists by an unnamed source in the US government in 2003. A New York Times reporter, Judith Miller, was jailed recently for refusing to reveal the identity of the source.
Richard Norton-Taylor
Monday August 22, 2005
The Guardian
An American website posted what it purported to be the names of 74 members of the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, yesterday.
It was not clear last night what action British intelligence officials or lawyers will take to try to get the names taken off the website and prevent further dissemination of them. However, they are likely to conduct a damage limitation exercise and warn those individuals who have been identified. Eighteen of those named on the website have held the rank of ambassador.
Article continues
The website lists the names under a message thanking someone who it refers to simply as "A".
It is not the first time names claimed to be of former or serving MI6 officers have been posted on an American website. About six years ago, the former MI6 officer, Richard Tomlinson, was alleged to have given a long list of names to a website address. Mr Tomlinson, who was jailed for breaking the Official Secrets Act, denied the allegation.
He was sentenced after revealing classified information about MI6. He later left Britain and wrote a book which was published in Moscow and Edinburgh.
More recently, newspapers in Croatia have published the names of alleged MI6 officers serving in that country.
The names were published against the background of a bitter feud in the Croatian military and security services over the hunt for alleged war criminals.
The D Notice committee, which advises editors on security and intelligence matters, asks the British media not to name MI6 officers even if they have been named elsewhere.
In America it is an offence to deliberately reveal the identity of an undercover CIA agent. A grand jury investigation was launched after the identification of CIA agent Valerie Plame, whose name was given to several journalists by an unnamed source in the US government in 2003. A New York Times reporter, Judith Miller, was jailed recently for refusing to reveal the identity of the source.
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22.08.2005 07:24
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22.08.2005 09:59
Madeleine Kay Alessandri: dob 1965; 90 Vienna, 96 Frankfurt, 04 Tokyo (Cllr).*
Ian Walter Baharie: dob 1961; 85 Cairo, 91 Abu Dhabi, 96 Jerusalem, 99 Abuja, 03 Riyadh (Cllr).*
Anthony James Ball: dob 1968, 94 Kuwait, 99 Madrid, 03 Damascus (1 Sec).*
James Lloyd Baxendale: dob 1967; 94 Cairo, 97 Amman, 99 Brussels, 04 Beirut (1 Sec).*
William Hume James Blanchard: dob 1967; 92 Budapest, 98 Islamabad, 04 Ankara (1 Sec).*
Philippa Jane Carnall: dob 1957; 83 Beirut, 84 Damascus, 88 Hanoi, 91 Washington, 97 Cairo, 02 Islamabad (3 Sec).*
Peter Leslie Carter: dob 1956; 86 New Delhi, 94 Brussels, 01 Tel Aviv (Cllr, CG, DHM).*
David Ian Chambers: dob 1947; 94 Hong Kong, 03 Bangkok (Cllr).*
Martin Hugh Clements: dob 1961; 86 Tehran, 90 Vienna, 98 Bonn, 99 Berlin, 04 Kabul (Cllr).*
Vernon Robert Court: dob 1958; 84 Bangkok, 90 Brussels, 93 Brussels, 01 Canberra (DHM).*
Alexander John Peter Creswell: dob 1965; 95 Pretoria, 01 Kuwait (1 Sec).
Michael Hayward Davenport: dob 1961; 90 Warsaw, 96 Moscow, 00 Warsaw, 04 Cairo (DHM).*
Andrew John Dean: dob 1955; 84 Vienna, 90 Hanoi, 97 Sao Paolo, 00 Canberra (Cllr).*
Robert Dunkan Fitchett: dob 1961; 84 Dakar, 88 Bonn, 94 Paris, 03 Manila (DHM).*
Edmund Walter Fitton-Brown: dob 1962; 87 Helsinki, 93 Cairo, 98 Kuwait, 03 Cairo (Cllr).*
Lachlan Pelly Ferrar Forbes: dob 1970; 98 Nairobi, 02 Baku (1 Sec).*
Michael Roger Fox: dob 1958; 93 Geneva, 03 Rabat (1 Sec).
Ruppert John Addison Gaskin: dob 1974; 99 Cairo, 03 Khartoum (1 Sec).*
Andrew Patrick Somerset Gibbs: dob 1951; 79 Rio, 84 Moscow, 87 Pretoria, 94 Lisbon, 02 Tel Aviv (Cllr).*
Matthew Steven Gould: dob 1971; 94 Manila, 02 Islamabad, 03 Tehran (DHM).*
Keith William Green: dob 1964; 92 Buenos Aires, 98 Sarajevo, 03 Santiago, 04 Baghdad (Cllr).*
Noel Joseph Guckian: dob 1955; 84 Jedda, 88 Paris, 94 Muscat, 98 Tripoli, 02 Damascus, 04 Kirkuk (CG).*
Stephen Peter Holland: dob 1965; 00 New Delhi (1 Sec).*
Sean Christopher Erick Holt: dob 1949; 79 Havana, 82 Athens, 87 Khartoum, 91 Accra, 95 Bogota, 99 Luanda, 01 Freetown, 04 Basra (Cllr).*
Thomas Robert Benedict Hurd: dob 1964; 95 Warsaw, 98 Amman, 02 Jerusalem.*
Justin John Hustwitt: dob 1967; 94 Cairo, 95 Riyadh, 01 Kampala, 04 Tripoli (1 Sec).*
Paul Vincent Kennedy: dob 1957; 91 Riyadh, 99 Bahrain, 04 Baghdad (1 Sec).*
David James Kilby: dob 1966; 01 Bangkok, 03 Cairo (1 Sec).*
Barry Robert Lowen: dob 1964; 89 Kuwait, 97 New York, 03 Riyadh (Cllr).*
Andrew David McCoch: dob 1972; 97 Istanbul, 02 Kabul, 03 Kathmandu (1 Sec).
Sian Alexis McLean: dob 1969; 97 Hong Kong, 01 Peking (1 Sec). [*Sean McLean, Riyadh.]
Richard Peter Moore: dob 1963; 90 Ankara, 91 Istanbul, 95 Islamabad, 01 Kuala Lumpur (Cllr).*
Stuart Richard Morley: dob 1959; 89 San Jose, 90 Bridgetown, 96 Hague, 02 New Delhi (Cllr).*
Andrew Alasdair Neil: dob 1968; 94 Nairobi, 01 Abu Dhabi (1 Sec).
Richard Adam Noble: dob 1962; 87 Moscow, 93 Hague, 98 New Delhi, 03 Tashkent, 04 Hong Kong (DHM).*
Colin Douglas Partridge: dob 1955; 80 New Delhi, 87 Hanoi, 94 Hong Kong, 00 Seoul (Cllr).
Quentin James Kitson Phillips: dob 1963; 89 Budapest, 95 Moscow, 97 Kiev, 04 Istanbul (Consul).*
Richard William Potter: dob 1960; 85 Riyadh, 90 Nicosia, 95 Sarajevo, 99 Skopje, 04 Amman (Cllr).*
Michael John Regan: dob 1955; 86 Kabul, 89 Dubai, 95 Bangkok, 04 Harare (Cllr).*
Michael John Wyn Roberts: dob 1960; 87 Athens, 95 Brussels, 04 Ankara (DHM).*
Mark Alastair Runacres: dob 1959; 83 New Delhi,91 Paris, 99 New York, 02 New Delhi (DHC).*
William Geoffrey Sandover: dob 1955; 81 Vienna, 86 Dublin, 92 Buenos Aires, 02 Paris, 04 Islamabad (Cllr).*
Richard Charles Leslie Seddon: dob 1968; 94 New Delhi, 99 Washington, 03 Islamabad (1 Sec).*
Philip Nicholas Shott: dob 1954; 83 Lagos, 87 Nicosia, 94 Lusaka, 01 Pretoria (Cllr).*
Adrian Stones: dob 1960; 89 New Delhi, 92 Washington, 00 Harare (Cllr).
Christopher Rowland Charlesworth Sykes: dob 1955; 87 Hong Kong, 04 Hong Kong (Cllr, DCG).*
Mark Robert Syrett: dob 1969; 98 Oslo, 04 Riyadh (2 Sec).*
Nicholas Simon Syrett: dob 1960; 93 Luanda, 98 Bogota, 03 Nairobi (Cllr).*
Richard Paul Reynier Thompson: dob 1960; 91 Stockholm, 96 Geneva, 04 Baghdad (Cllr).*
Patrick Gilmer Topping: dob 1959; 90 Kuala Lumpur, 94 Washington, 05 Canberra (Cllr).*
James Philip Tucker: dob 1966; 93 Prague, 94 Bratislava, 01 Isamabad, 03 Jakarta (Cllr).
Robert Emmerson Watson: dob 1970; 98 Tel Aviv, 04 Kampala (1 Sec).*
Simon John Williams: dob 1960; 81 Manila, 84 Mbabane, 86 Kaduna, 95 Riyadh, 98 Doha, 02 Casablanka (Consul).*
Elizabeth Claire Wilson: dob 1974; 02 Peking (2 Sec).*[Liz Wilson, Peking]
Peter Gilruth Wood: dob 1953; 84 Taiwan, 86 Peking, 95 Kuala Lumpur, 02 Peking (Cllr).*
Alexander William Younger: dob 1963; 95 Vienna, 02 Dubai (1 Sec).*
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MI6 Officers - Her Majesty's Ambassadors
Paul Brummel: dob 1965; 89 Islamabad, 95 Rome, 02 Ashgabat.*
Edward Clay: dob 1945; 70 Nairobi, 73 Sofia, 79 Budapest, 85 Nicosia, 93 Kampala, 94 Burundi, 99 Nicosia, 01 Nairobi.*
Sherard Louis Cowper-Coles: dob 1955; 80 Cairo, 87 Washington, 97 Paris, 01 Tel Aviv, 03 Riyadh.*
Stephen Nicholas Evans: dob 1950; 78 Hanoi, 83 Bangkok, 90 Ankara, 93 Islamabad, 96 Kabul, 02 Colombo.*
David William Fall: dob 1948; 76 Bangkok, 81 Pretoria, 90 Bangkok, 93 Canberra, 97 Hanoi, 03 Bangkok.*
Peter William Ford: dob 1947; 73 Beirut, 74 Cairo, 81 Paris, 87 Riyadh, 91 Singapore, 99 Bahrain, 03 Damascus.*
Jean Francois Gordon: dob 1953; 81 Luanda, 83 Geneva, 90 Nairobi, 96 Algiers, 01 Abidjan.
Robert Anthony Eagleson Gordon; dob 1952; 75 Warsaw, 78 Santiago, 87 Paris, 92 Warsaw, 95 Rangoon, 03 Hanoi.*
Graham Stewart Hand: dob 1948; 82 Dakar, 87 Helsinki, 94 Lagos, 98 Sarajevo, 02 Algiers.
John Jenkins: dob 1955; 83 Abu Dhabi, 89 Kuala Lumpur, 95 Kuwait, 99 Rangoon, 03 Jerusalem (CG).*
Richard Edward Makepeace: dob 1953; 79 Muscat, 81 Prague, 89 Brussels, 95 Cairo, 99 Khartoum, 03 Abu Dhabi.*
Rosalind Mary Marsden: dob 1950; 76 Tokyo, 85 Bonn, 93 Tokyo, 03 Kabul.*
John Edward Mitchiner: dob 1951; 82 Istanbul, 87 New Delhi, 91 Berne, 97 Yerevan, 00 Calcutta, 03 Freetown.*
Christopher Norman Russell Prentice: dob 1954; 80 Kuwait, 85 Washington, 94 Budapest, 02 Amman.*
James Lyall Sharp: dob 1960; 89 Cairo, 96 Vienna, 02 Almaty.*
Andrew James Sparkes: dob 1959; 85 Ankara, 92 Bangkok, 99 Jakarta, 01 Pretoria, 04 Kinshasa.*
Harcourt Andrew Pretorius Tesoriere: dob 1950; 76 Kabul, 79 Nairobi, 81 Abidjan, 87 Damascus, 96 Tirana, 98 Kabul, 02 Riga, 05 Algiers.*[Ambassador to Latvia]
James Wilfrid Watt: dob 1951; 80 Abu Dhabi, 85 New York, 92 Amman, 96 Islamabad, 03 Beirut.*
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A few questions
23.08.2005 10:04
*I might be missing something here, but this doesn't seem to have any of the political potency of other leaks like the Downing Street memo. It's just a list of names, many of whom are known UK Foreign Office personnel. Whether these people are MI6 officers are not, their lives and their jobs are going to be more difficult from now on, particularly for those posted in "sensitive" parts of the world. Is it not also possible that this is just an attempt, for one reason or another, to "get at" a whole swathe of people in the UK Foreign Office?
*Presumably a number of these people will now have to be withdrawn from their posts, because the mere suspicion raised by this story will cause problems for them. Maybe that suits the agenda of whoever was behind this?
Tango Charlie
why not ask them
23.08.2005 12:08
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Spooks Out Forever!
23.08.2005 23:20
I do believe that on first principles, we must get rid of these 'secret services' in every jurisdiction.
They are the menace of the modern era, responsible for orchestrating a fake 'terror' plague worldwide. In collusion with a highly centralised (western - and increasingly global) mass media, they have stolen humanity's agenda to play their crazed games.
Moslems and Arabs are the patsies in this vile and complex crime against humanity.
Out the spooks! Shame them! Bring them to justice for their crimes!
Free humanity from clandestine control freaks!
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