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GCHQ
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Government Communications Headquarters
The
Government Communications Headquarters
(
GCHQ
) is a British
intelligence
and
security
organisation responsible for providing
signals intelligence
(SIGINT) and
information assurance
to the
British government
and
armed forces
. Based in "
The Doughnut
", in the suburbs of
Cheltenham
, it operates under the formal direction of the
Joint Intelligence Committee
(JIC) alongside the
Security Service
(MI5), the
Secret Intelligence Service
(MI6) and
Defence Intelligence
(DI). GCHQ is the responsibility of the UK
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
, but it is not a part of the
Foreign Office
and its Director ranks as a
Permanent Secretary
.
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