Charles Farr

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Charles Blandford Farr OBE
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Prime Minister	David Cameron

Charles Blandford Farr OBE is the Director of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism at the United Kingdom's Home Office.^[1]

He worked for MI6 in Afghanistan in the 1980s^[1] supplying money to Afghan warlords in return for stopping the production of opium.^[2] He was awarded an OBE in the 2010 New Year Honours list.^[3] He is in a relationship with Fiona Cunningham, a Special Advisor to Theresa May, the current Home Secretary.^[2]

He has been responsible for the Prevent anti-terrorism strategy, the Interception Modernisation Programme under Labour and the current Communications Capabilities Development Programme, both being projects to enable to the government to surveil the traffic data of ordinary Internet communications of UK citizens.^[1] The programme has resulted in the draft Communications Data Bill 2012.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Leppard, David (22 April 2012). "Chief snooper pops out of the shadows". Sunday Times. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
↑ 2.0 2.1 Theresa May under fire over spy tipped to be top mandarin - and his love for her glamorous aide Mail on Sunday, 2 December 2012
↑ New Years Honours list, UK Government, 31 December 2009

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