Annie Machon

Annie Machon ( born 1968 ) is a former officer of the British Secret Service Security Service ( MI5 ), which was active along with her former colleagues and today's journalists David Shayler as a whistleblower on illegal transactions within MI5.

Career

Machon was recruited by MI5 in 1991, after she had completed the Cambridge University. There she worked only in the department of "counter- subversion (F2 )" ( about: espionage and subversion defense ), then it was for the investigation of terrorism in Northern Ireland conflict, later used for global counter-terrorism until the together with her partner Shayler 1997 service left to carry internals to the public.

As whistleblower

After initial idealism quickly recorded significant differences between themselves erdachtem ideal state and political reality from:

"We were of basically trying to track down old communists, Trotskyists and fascists, Which to us Seemed like a waste of time. The Berlin Wall had come down several years before. We were horrified Both did falling on the 1992 election we were summa rising files on anybody who Stood for parliament. We were so horrified by the scale of the investigations. "

"Basically, we tried aufzustöber the old communists, Trotskyists and fascists, what appeared to us as a waste of time. The Berlin Wall had already fallen some years, we were both shocked at the extent of the investigations that we the 1992 election Acts of each docked, the candidate. "

Also operational discrepancies were Shayler and Machon obvious:

"They had all these old manager who had been there for donkey 's years. They were caught in the wrong era - instead of dealing with static targets, They had a mobile threat in the IRA and they just could not hack it. It was a nightmare, Especially Because there were so many agencies Involved - MI5, Special Branch, the RUC, GCHQ. They all had Their Own interests. That was why Bishopsgate happened. "

"They had all these old leaders who were from eternity in their position, who were trapped in the wrong era - instead of static targets, we had the threat of the mobile IRA and they just do not get it. It was a nightmare, especially due to the large number of involved services - MI5, Special Branch, RUC, GCHQ. They all had their own interests - that's why Bishopsgate happened. "

After 1997, instead of the average amount of 4 terminations per year 14 of Machon colleagues report their activities as spies tasks sold Shayler details on those operations for 40,000 pounds sterling to the British newspaper the Mail on Sunday. In addition, he published information about:

• Secret files about government members who were entrusted with the intelligence oversight
• Deliberate lies to the intelligence oversight
• Illegal wiretaps on journalists
• Knowingly false convictions for terrorist attack on the Israeli Embassy in London, 1994
• The attempted assassination of MI6 on Muammar Gaddafi

" It was very scary. Dave is someone who thinks He should fight for what he Believes in. And I knew what he was talking about. I knew he had to have the support against the massed forces of darkness. "

"It was very scary. Dave believes in fighting for his ideals and I knew what he was talking. I knew he needed support against these massive dark forces. "

On the night before the release of both fled together to Utrecht, from there in a rural area in France. The return to the UK Shayler linked to the commitment of an indictment in sight, as well as the guarantee, to investigate the allegations publicly, but met with no interest on the part of the authorities. At a later stay in Paris, he was however arrested on the basis of an extradition request, but acquitted by a French judge, the extradition is politically motivated.

In 2000, the return of the couple to London occurred while Shayler was charged Machon remained at liberty. However, the judge upheld Shayler noble motives, the prison sentence for him amounted to six months.

After 14 years of relationship the couple separated.