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intercepted radio communications from Soviet ships reporting their positions and used that to establish where they were heading. A copy of the report was sent directly to the White House Situation Room, providing initial indications of Soviet intentions with regards the US naval blockade of Cuba.
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The set of algorithms, equations and arcane mathematics that make up public key cryptography are a crucial technology for preserving computer privacy in and making commerce possible on the Internet. Some hail its discovery as one of the most important accomplishments of 20th-century mathematics
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government. The Bureau was split into naval and army sections which, over time, specialised in foreign espionage and internal counter-espionage activities respectively. This specialisation, formalised prior to 1914, was a result of the Admiralty intelligence requirements related to the maritime
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in 1917 was described as the most significant intelligence triumph for Britain during World War I, and one of the earliest occasions on which a piece of signals intelligence influenced world events. During the Second World War and afterwards, many observers regarded
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The first published account of the previously secret wartime operation, concentrating mainly on distribution of intelligence. It was written from memory and has been shown by subsequent authors, who had access to official records, to contain some
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Support the National Security Council and the Joint Intelligence Committee by providing coordination on strategic issues, all-source intelligence analysis, and policy advice to the Prime Minister and other senior ministers.
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The Secret Service Bureau was founded in 1909 as a joint initiative of the Admiralty and the War Office to control secret intelligence operations in the UK and overseas, particularly concentrating on the activities of the
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has attended the Joint Intelligence Committee's weekly meetings. One former US intelligence officer has described this as the "highlight of the job" for the London CIA chief. Resident intelligence chiefs from
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As well as a mission to gather intelligence, GCHQ has for a long time had a corresponding mission to assist in the protection of the British government's own communications. Building on the work of
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was described as the most significant intelligence triumph for Britain during World War I, and one of the earliest occasions on which a piece of signals intelligence influenced world events.
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and the person who controlled distribution of Ultra decrypts to the government): "It is thanks to the secret weapon of General Menzies, put into use on all the fronts, that we won the war!"
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was formalised to provide intelligence assessment and advice on development of the UK intelligence community's analytical capability for the Joint Intelligence Committee and NSC.
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Wartime signals intelligence cooperation between the United Kingdom and the United States continued in the post-war period. The two countries signed the bilateral
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In 1919, the Cabinet's Secret Service Committee, recommended that a peacetime codebreaking agency should be created. Staff were merged from NID25 and
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was formed in 1964, the Joint Intelligence Bureau, Naval Intelligence, Military Intelligence and Air Intelligence were combined to form the
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because it allows two people to set up a secure phone call without meeting beforehand. Without it, there would be no privacy in cyberspace.
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The following agencies, groups and organisations fall under the remit of the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament:
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was established, although personnel had been employed in intelligence duties in the RAF since its formation in 1918.
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in 1957 with its assessments staff who prepared intelligence assessments for the committee to consider.
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in 1939, the JIC became the senior intelligence assessment body for the United Kingdom government.
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In 2016, the cybersecurity-related aspects of the CPNI's role were taken over by the newly-formed
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Declassified GCHQ report of Soviet ship positions, which played a key role in resolving the
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established the legal basis of the Security Service (MI5) for the first time under the
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Four national centres and authorities support and complement the work of the agencies:
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The history of the organisations dates back to the 19th century. The decryption of the
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and counter-espionage. Their intelligence assessments contribute to the conduct of the
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Defence Intelligence and the Cold War: Britain's Joint Intelligence Bureau 1945-1964
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in 1948. Later broadened to include Canada, Australia and New Zealand, known as the
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Transcript of a lecture given on Tuesday 19 October 1993 at Cambridge University
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The Searchers: How Radio Interception Changed the Course of Both World Wars
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Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament "Annual Report 2021–2022"
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that deal with secret intelligence. These agencies are responsible for
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Aldrich, Richard James; Cormac, Rory; Goodman, Michael S. (2014).
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Counter terrorism and protecting critical national infrastructure
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algorithm in 1973 (equivalent to what would become, in 1978, the
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into the new organisation, which was given the cover-name the "
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led the Royal Navy's highly successful cryptographic efforts,
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Signals intelligence, cryptanalysis and information assurance
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Covert overseas collection and analysis of human intelligence
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and exploiting foreign and domestic intelligence, providing
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National Domestic Extremism and Disorder Intelligence Unit
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The 1943 British–US Communication Intelligence Agreement,
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1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade
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Other intelligence and security organisations and groups
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working closely with the police and security services.
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The Government Code and Cypher School was renamed the "
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Organised intelligence collection and planning for the
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National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre
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Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure
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was the British Empire's wartime coordinating body.
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British Intelligence
Government of the United Kingdom
intelligence agencies
collecting
analysing
military intelligence
espionage
foreign relations of the United Kingdom
national security of the United Kingdom
military
public safety
law enforcement in the United Kingdom
Secret Intelligence Service
Security Service
Government Communications Headquarters
Defence Intelligence
government departments
Foreign Office
Home Office
Ministry of Defence
Zimmermann Telegram
Ultra
Allies of World War II
Cuban Missile Crisis
White House
Special Relationship
National Security Council
Joint Intelligence Committee
National Security Adviser
Cabinet Office

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