A former spy chief has joined his local council as a non-executive director. It is thought to be the first time that such a role has existed in local government.
Sir David Pepper, 60, retired in July as director of GCHQ, the Government’s signals intelligence section at Cheltenham. He was a key figure in national security, charged with electronic eavesdropping on suspects across the world and protecting government communications from hackers.
In his new role he will spend two days a month overseeing Gloucestershire County Council’s reorganisation programme.
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An the rest of his time will be spent showing the council how to abuse RIPA and set up snooping and surveillance programmes no doubt!!
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