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Anonymous ID: c2db17 Feb. 16, 2024, 4:27 a.m. No.20422806   🗄️.is đź”—kun   >>2822 >>2829 >>3063 >>3111

>>20422766

 

GCHQ chief Robert Hannigan quits

This article is more than 7 years old

 

Hannigan oversaw a more open approach at GCHQ after the Snowden revelations exposed mass surveillance by the agency

 

The director of GCHQ, Robert Hannigan, is to stand down early for personal reasons, mainly health issues involving his wife and other family members.

 

Hannigan only took over at the UK’s surveillance agency in November 2014 to oversee a more open approach after revelations by the National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden put GCHQ on the defensive in 2013.

 

His sudden resignation – he informed staff just hours before making this decision public – prompted speculation that it might be related to British concerns over shared intelligence with the US in the wake of Donald Trump becoming president.

 

But the GCHQ press release stressed his decision was exclusively for family reasons. As well as his ill wife, Hannigan has two elderly parents to look after. He will remain in post until a successor is appointed.

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/23/gchq-chief-robert-hannigan-quits

Anonymous ID: c2db17 Feb. 16, 2024, 4:48 a.m. No.20422894   🗄️.is đź”—kun

>>20422861

 

BRITISH SECURITY SERVICES APPARENTLY DEBUNKED THIS LETTER AS FAKE. But, the story is consistent with reality.

 

Robert David Steele

 

https://stateofthenation2012.com/?p=129935

 

Date: 17 November 2016

GCHQ References: A / 7238 / 6547 /12

 

Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP

Secretary of State for Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs

 

ISA-94: APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF WARRANT CSO/142263 TO SURVEIL 725 5TH AVE. NEW YORK, NY, USA, 5TH & 26TH FLOORS

 

On 28 August 2016, GCHQ/CSO filed for permission to execute Project FULSOME at the request of the US President, seeking intelligence gathering into the Trump Organization and Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., both located at 725 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA. Activities include foreign and US domestic signals collection, in regards to communications with Russian hostile actors.

IOCCO approved FULSOME on 15 September 2016, allowing 90 days of initial SIGINT gathering, with the potential for renewal, should the situation allow. This memo’s purpose is to request a 90 day renewal of FULSOME’s original charter, with further potential for renewal, thereafter.

Since FULSOME’s start, a clear collection of actionable leads have accrued, both from the Trump campaign itself, from former MI5 agent Michael Steele, and from others (see fig. 1-7 in attachment).

US National Security Adviser Rice has requested that we continue our surveillance, during the transition period, as internal US intelligence is potentially compromised by the incoming Trump administration.

For these reasons, we are requesting that FULSOME’s charter be renewed for another 90 days.

Sincerely,

 

Robert Hannigan

GCHQ

 

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