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New U.K. Master Spy is a Deadhead

Britain’s new master spook is down with the Grateful Dead — and doesn’t care who knows about it. The Telegraph reveals… The most senior British intelligence official, appointed yesterday to oversee MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, has a website revealing his home address, phone numbers and private photographs of himself, family and friends. Alex Allan, 56, […]

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Britain's new master spook is down with the Grateful Dead -- and doesn't care who knows about it. The Telegraph reveals...

*The most senior British intelligence official, appointed yesterday to oversee MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, has a website revealing his home address, phone numbers and private photographs of himself, family and friends. *

*Alex Allan, 56, is the new head of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) with access to sensitive documents and information regarding anti-terrorist operations. *

But the details on his website, described by a security official as "a serious breach", [especially in a world where even the smallest scrap of personal info is considered sacrosanct] reveal him as a devoted fan of the American rock band Grateful Dead *and a keen cyclist who once windsurfed to work in Westminster during a train strike. *[Allan even has an online, searchable archive of all the Dead's lyrics and all the songs they ever played live.]

DANGER ROOM has not yet confirmed rumors that U.S. Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell, upon learning of his UK counterpart's gaff, was ROTFLHAO.

-- Michael Tanji, cross-posted at Haft of the Spear