GCHQ. Richard Aldrich
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GCHQ
Richard J. Aldrich
The Uncensored Story of Britain’s Most Secret Intelligence Agency
HarperPress
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Published by HarperPress in 2010
Copyright © Richard J. Aldrich 2010
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Table of Contents
Sigint and Comsec Locations in the UK
THE 1940s BLETCHLEY PARK AND BEYOND
4 The KGB and the Venona Project
5 UKUSA – Creating the Global Sigint Alliance
THE 1950s FIGHTING THE ELECTRONIC WAR
6 ‘Elint’ and the Soviet Nuclear Target
8 Sigint in the Sun – GCHQ’s Overseas Empire
9 Blake, Bugs and the Berlin Tunnel
THE 1960s SPACE, SPY SHIPS AND SCANDALS
11 Harold Macmillan – Shootdowns, Cyphers and Spending
12 Harold Wilson – Security Scandals and Spy Revelations
14 Staying Ahead – Sigint Ships and Spy Planes
THE 1970s TURBULENCE AND TERROR
18 Unmasking GCHQ: The ABC Trial
THE 1980s INTO THE THATCHER ERA
19 Geoffrey Prime–The GCHQ Mole
20 A Surprise Attack – The Falklands War
21 Thatcher and the GCHQ Trade Union Ban
23 From Cold War to Hot Peace – The Gulf War and Bosnia
24 The New Age of Ubiquitous Computing
25 The 9/11 Attacks and the Iraq War