The intelligence lobby before the intelligence lobby: MI5 Director General Stella Rimington and the hunt for the new legitimacy
The intelligence lobby before the intelligence lobby: MI5 Director General Stella Rimington and the hunt for the new legitimacy
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情报大厅之前的情报大厅：军情五处总干事斯特拉·里明顿和寻找新的合法性
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10.1080/02684527.2023.2291875
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2023
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Dylan H
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Dylan H
1991 年，约翰·梅杰 (John Major) 政府打破先例，任命斯特拉·里明顿 (Stella Rimington) 为军情五处新任负责人。通过这样做，梅杰为雷明顿提供了公众形象和平台。她利用这两者对军情五处的工作及其在后苏联世界中的重要性进行了新的叙述，实际上是在寻求新的合法性。雷明顿的重要性反映了女性在智力上的总体意义，但仍未得到充分研究。本文探讨了她接受公众形象的决定、她如何利用它以及媒体的反应。文章认为，事实证明，她是一位早期且有效的情报倡导者，在重要领域确保了她所寻求的合法性。
In 1991 John Major’s government broke with precedent and named the incoming head of MI5, Stella Rimington. In so doing, Major gave Rimington a public profile, and a platform. She used both to establish a new narrative concerning MI5 its work and its importance in a post-Soviet world, in effect seeking renewed legitimacy. Rimington’s significance, mirroring that of women in intelligence in general, remains under-studied. This article examines her decision to embrace her public profile, how she utilised it, and the press reaction. It argues that she proved an early and effective advocate for intelligence, securing in important quarters the legitimacy she sought.