Richard Aldrich, an accomplished cold war intelligence historian, traces GCHQ’s evolvement from a wartime code-breaking operation based in the Bedfordshire countryside, staffed by eccentric crossword puzzlers, to one of the world leading espionage organisations.
As we become ever-more aware of how our governments “eavesdrop” on our conversations, Aldrich provides a gripping exploration of British spy agency Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ). GCHQ is the successor to the famous Bletchley Park wartime code-breaking organisation and is the largest and most secretive intelligence organisation in the country. During the war, it commanded more staff than MI5 and MI6 combined and has produced a number of intelligence triumphs, as well as some notable failures. Since the end of the Cold War, it has played a pivotal role in shaping Britain’s secret state.
http://leaksource.info/2014/08/30/gchq-the-uncensored-story-of-britains-most-secret-intelligence-agency-richard-j-aldrich-2010/
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Saturday, 30 August 2014
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