MI5/T Branch
counter-terrorismintelligence agency
| MI5/T Branch () | |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1990 |
| Leader | MI5/T_Branch/Director |
| Type | intelligence agency |
| T is for "(counter-)terrorism" | |
T Branch of MI5 focuses mainly on Irish "counter-terrorism",[1] but is also responsible for other forms of domestic "terrorism".[2]
Organisation
Directors
- Stephen Lander February 1992-[3]
- Eliza Manningham-Buller, c. 1994.[4]
Sections
T1
Prepared the case for the transfer of responsibility for republican terrorism from Metropolitan Police Special Branch in 1991.[5]
T2
Responsible for Irish Terrorism in Great Britain.[6]
- Eliza Manningham-Buller - First head of T2[7] 1992-93[8]
- T2A: Republican and loyalist terrorism in Great Britain.
- T2A/11 David Shayler, August 1992-October 1994.[9]
- T2B: Liaison with local Special Branches and agent runners responsible for investigating Irish terrorism in Great Britain.
- T2C: Threat assessment for Irish terrorist groups.
- T2D: Researches Irish terrorist groups.
- T2E: Liaises with Metropolitan Police Special Branch, based at Scotland Yard.[10]
T5
- T5/0 Stephen Lander, c. 1991.[11]
- T5B: Investigates arms trafficking
- T5C: Counters Irish "terrorism" in Continental Europe, including the Republic of Ireland.
- T5D: Irish terrorism in the rest of the world.
- T5E: Studies terrorist logistics
- Annie Machon Ran T5E desk, August 1993-August 1995.[12]
T8
- T8: T Branch agent-runners, includes a Northern Ireland-based section.[13] Previously known as F8.[14]
Other T Branch officers
References
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.772.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, pp.863-864.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.775.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.786.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.773.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.776.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.776.
- ↑ Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and the War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 1993, p.290.
- ↑ Bloody Sunday Inquiry Reports: Week 90, 6-9 May 2003, British Irish Rights Watch, accessed 7 November 2009.
- ↑ Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, pp.320-321.
- ↑ Christopher Andrew, Defence of the Realm, The Authorized History of MI5, Allen Lane, 2009, p.772.
- ↑ Bloody Sunday Inquiry Reports: Week 90, 6-9 May 2003, British Irish Rights Watch, accessed 7 November 2009.
- ↑ Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and The War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 2003, pp.320-321.
- ↑ Bloody Sunday Inquiry Reports: Week 90, 6-9 May 2003, British Irish Rights Watch, accessed 7 November 2009.
- ↑ Mark Hollingsworth, Second MI5 officer attacks security service, The Guardian, 22 July 2000.
- ↑ Mark Hollingsworth and Nick Fielding, Defending the Realm: Inside MI5 and the War on Terrorism, André Deutsch, 1993, p.145.