The DCIs 7 - David Ranson 1980-81 (draft)

Although the Civil Service Yearbook is no longer of assistance in identifying the DCIs in the 1980s, the regular appearance of senior MI5 officers in Northern Ireland Office distribution lists provides a clue to John Parker’s successors.

F Branch and the rise of counter-subversion

One such officer is David Ranson, identified in Peter Wright’s Spycatcher a…