The UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), exposed for its mass surveillance programme by ex-NSA agent Edward Snowden, has for 66 years operated right in the heart of Westminster.
“For the first time, we are able to reveal the role our Palmer Street office has played in keeping the capital and the country safe,” said GCHQ in a statement, speaking about an anonymous building opposite St. James’s Park Tube station in central London.
For the first time, we reveal the secret London site we have operated from for over 66 yearshttps://t.co/AfaIoB9oqe pic.twitter.com/PsUWVM3nS5
— GCHQ (@GCHQ) April 5, 2019
Today The Queen, with The Duke of Edinburgh, is officially opening the National Cyber Security Centre @ncsc #NCSCLaunch pic.twitter.com/gOpJpaNro5
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) February 14, 2017