Sir Dick Franks was Head of the Secret Intelligence Service from 1979 - 1982. The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), more commonly known as MI6 (originally Military Intelligence Section 6), or the Secret Service or simply Six, is the United Kingdom external security agency. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Sir Maurice Oldfield (1915 - 1981) was a British espionage administrator. ... The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), more commonly known as MI6 (originally Military Intelligence [section] 6), or Her Majestys Secret Service or just the Secret Service, is the British external security agency. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Colin Figures was Head of the Secret Intelligence Service from 1982 – 1985. ...
Franks writes that, given the threat posed by Saddam Hussein, this was a sensible request, and that "our mission in Afghanistan never suffered" as a result.
Vice President Dick Cheney is praised for asking questions that "consistently cut to the core of the issue at hand." Bush comes across as a "confident" and "decisive" leader who refused to let politics intrude into his decision-making.
Actually Franks was the one in operational control until July 2003, and he offers not a single instance where Rumsfeld, Feith or any other politico forced him to do anything he didn't want to do.
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