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January 20, 2005
MI5 plans Scottish base to target terrorists
Topics: War on Terror - the issues.From TheScotsman.com Jan 20
• MI5 plans first permanent Scottish office to bolster counter-terrorism efforts
• Move comes as security service announces recruitment drive for 1000 staff
• Agency criticised over anti-terror raids with only 17 convictions since 2001
(...) "We can confirm that we are looking at our future accommodation
requirements. The majority of our staff will continue to be based in
central London," said the statement, made via the Home Office in
London" - MI5 statement to The Scotsman
MI5,
the domestic security service, is preparing to establish a permanent
office in Scotland for the first time, The Scotsman can reveal.
As part of a major expansion of the organisation intended to bolster
nationwide counter- terrorism efforts, MI5 chiefs and Home Office
officials have identified Glasgow as the site for one of the service's
new regional offices.
MI5 is currently recruiting
up to 1,000 staff and refocusing its operations on the potential threat
posed by Islamic terrorist groups that may seek to recruit UK residents
and carry out attacks in this country.
All the major Scottish police forces maintain their own Special Branch
squad and often co-operate with visiting MI5 officers: in 2002 and
2003, terrorism suspects were detained in Edinburgh and Glasgow. But
the creation of the Glasgow bureau will mark the first time the agency
has had a fixed presence north of the Border.
The final site of the Glasgow office is uncertain, but Pacific Quay,
home to the Scottish Criminal Records Office, sometimes hosts seconded
MI5 agents. Read more...
Posted by Hyscience at January 20, 2005 4:54 PM
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