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  2. "Christmas tree" files - Wikipedia

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    The officer in charge of vetting at that time was Ronnie Stonham. [3] The "Christmas tree" scheme was dropped in 1984. [4] Mike Fentiman claimed that the Christmas tree symbol was used because the Christmas carol "O Tannenbaum" had the same tune as the socialist song "The Red Flag". [5]

  3. MI5 - Wikipedia

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    MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), [2] officially the Security Service, is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), and Defence Intelligence (DI).

  4. Fifth Column (intelligence operation) - Wikipedia

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    Fifth Column was the name MI5, the British Security Service, gave to a World War II operation run from 1942 until at least 1947.It was initially intended to identify people who would be willing to assist Germany in the event of an invasion of the United Kingdom, but as it developed, it also acted to divert its targets away from harmful activities.

  5. Vernon Kell - Wikipedia

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    Major General Sir Vernon George Waldegrave Kell, KBE, CB (21 November 1873 – 27 March 1942) was a British Army general and the founder and first Director of the British Security Service, otherwise known as MI5.

  6. List of intelligence agencies - Wikipedia

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    Security Service/MI5 [45] – Domestic counter terrorism and counter espionage intelligence gathering and analysis. Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism (OSCT) – Counter terrorism and protecting critical national infrastructure.

  7. Jonathan Evans, Baron Evans of Weardale - Wikipedia

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    In July 2010, the government revealed Evans received an annual salary of £159,999. [12] In September 2010, Evans said that the American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki was the West's Public Enemy No 1. [13] Al-Awlaki was killed by a U.S. drone strike on 30 September 2011. [14]

  8. Eric Roberts (spy) - Wikipedia

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    Eric Arthur Roberts (18 June 1907 – 17 [1] or 18 [2] December 1972) was an MI5 agent during the Second World War under the alias Jack King. [3] [4] By posing as a Gestapo agent and infiltrating fascist groups in the UK, Roberts was able to prevent secret information from finding its way to Germany. [5]

  9. Director General of MI5 - Wikipedia

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    The Director General of the Security Service is the head of the Security Service (commonly known as MI5), the United Kingdom's internal counter-intelligence and security agency. The Director General is assisted by a Deputy Director General and an Assistant Director General, and reports to the Home Secretary , although the Security Service is ...