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UK spying chief emerges from coma
BBC ^ | 10 July 2008

Posted on 07/11/2008 9:22:31 AM PDT by george76

British spying chief Alex Allan, the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, has regained consciousness having been in a coma for 10 days.

Mr Allan's committee collates information from MI5, MI6 and GCHQ and briefs the prime minister, ministers and officials on intelligence assessments on issues such as security, defence and foreign affairs.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alexallan; allan; alqaeda; assassinationplot; britain; britishintelligence; espionage; intelligence; mi5; mi6; poison; spy; spying; wot

1 posted on 07/11/2008 9:22:32 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Prayers for Alex and his family for a speedy recovery.


2 posted on 07/11/2008 9:26:05 AM PDT by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: george76

Obviously he was most fortunate not to have been sailing or canoeing in the Chesapeake Bay.


3 posted on 07/11/2008 9:37:59 AM PDT by Bedford Forrest (Roger, Contact, Judy, Out. Fox One. Splash one.<I>)
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To: george76

This is really good news. Thanks for posting it.

For those who missed the earlier articles:

Top spy seriously ill in hospital

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7488971.stm


4 posted on 07/11/2008 9:55:45 AM PDT by FocusNexus ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: george76

Poisoned by the Russians...


5 posted on 07/11/2008 10:10:38 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner ("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
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