Every time I watch Spooks on TV they mention GCHQ, what does this stand for and what does the department deal with? Are they part of MI5?
2006-10-24 06:09:45 · 5 answers · asked by nooka 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Goverment Communication Headquarters which houses SIGNIT the Government's Signal Intelligence. They look after codebreaking and all that Jazz and I think were started with Codename Ultra, the Bletchley Park WWII operation to break the german Enigma codes
Hope this helps!
2006-10-24 06:15:06 · answer #1 · answered by urbanrt 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Government Communications HeadQuarters.
GCHQ is a Civil Service Department under the Ministerial responsibility of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. GCHQ provides Government Departments and Military Commands with signals intelligence (Sigint) in accordance with requirements laid upon it by the JIC (as for SIS) in support of HMG's security, defence, foreign and economic policies.
GCHQ was established in 1946 as the post-War successor of the Government Code and Cipher School which had been the central Sigint organisation since 1919 and had made an outstanding contribution to the War effort at Bletchley Park, for example by decrypting German messages enciphered by the ENIGMA machine. In 1953 GCHQ moved to two sites on the outskirts of Cheltenham. In 2003, it is in the process of moving to a new, consolidated building known as the Doughnut. The Director of GCHQ is responsible to the Foreign & Commonwealth Secretary for all aspects of its work.
2006-10-24 06:13:24 · answer #2 · answered by lozzielaws 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Government communication head quarters
2006-10-24 06:14:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Government communications head quarters, which is in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
2006-10-24 06:53:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Government Communications Headquarters. But can't you use Google?
2006-10-24 06:15:56 · answer #5 · answered by Essex Ron 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋