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February 16, 2006
UK intelligence reorganization sends MI5 deeper into Northern Ireland
The BBC has been covering a major shift in the British intelligence community. MI5, which is analogous to the FBI in the United States, will gain jurisdiction over security in Northern Ireland. The police were formerly responsible for security functions.
The idea is to streamline the intelligence community and unify the national security effort. Sinn Fein thinks it's just the intelligence community readjusting its grip in Northern Ireland.
Its interesting that the British would choose to give an intelligence agency leadership in a situation which had previously been handled by the local police. The security threats are different in Northern Ireland, but this is what the Church Committee said not to do.
Posted by Nicole Duarte at February 16, 2006 10:27 AM
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