Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Dedication vii
4. Introduction: Reviewing the British Intelligence Community 1
5. 1 Origins: The Secret Service Bureau, 1909 4
6. 2 The Secret Service Committee: Organising Inter-war Intelligence, 1919–1931 15
7. 3 The Gathering Storm: Lord Hankey and the Intelligence Community, 1940 46
8. 4 Saving SIGINT: Van Cutsem and Bletchley Park, 1942 65
9. 5 The Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and the Bland Report, 1944 87
10. 6 The Defence of the Realm: Sir Findlater Stewart and MI5, 1945 102
11. 7 The Cadogan Report, Homosexuality and the ‘Missing Diplomats’, 1951 108
12. 8. Sir Norman Brook and Early Cold War Intelligence, 1951 125
13. 9 Sir Horace Seymour and the ‘Secret Service’, 1953 145
14. 10 The Blame Game: The Bridges Report and ‘Buster’ Crabb, 1956 159
15. 11 A Police State? Sir Norman Birkett and the Interception of Communications, 1957 170
16. 12 Sir Gerald Templer and Service Intelligence, 1960 212
17. 13 Spies and Scandal: Romer, Radcliffe and Cunningham 250
18. 14 Moral Misbehaviour: Lord Denning and the Profumo Affair, 1963 281
19. 15 Sir Stewart Hampshire, GCHQ and the Cost of SIGINT 306
20. 16 The Troubles: British Intelligence in Northern Ireland, 1979–81 316
21. 17 Sir Colin Crowe, Cold War Propaganda and the Information Research Department (IRD), 1976 334
22. 18 A Bucket of Whitewash? The Franks Review and the Falklands, 1982–3 348
23. 19 Intelligence at the End of the Cold War 364
24. 20 Lord Butler, Intelligence and the Iraq War, 2004 391
25. Conclusion: Whitewash or Oversight? 408
26. Bibliography 412
27. Index 422