MI8, or Military Intelligence, Section 8 was a British Military Intelligence group responsible for signals intelligence and was created in 1914. It originally consisted of four sections: MI8(a), which dealt with wireless policy; MI8(b), based at the General Post Office, dealt with commercial and trade cables; MI8(c) dealt with the distribution of intelligence derived from censorship; and MI8(d), which liaised with the cable companies. During World War I MI8 officers were posted to the cable terminals at Poldhu Point and Mullion in Cornwall and Clifden in County Galway, continued until 1917 whe
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MI8 was de Britse militaire inlichtingendienst sectie 8 (British Military Intelligence Section 8), die zich in de Tweede Wereldoorlog bezighield met het verzamelen van inlichtingen die via de ether werden uitgezonden. Deze dienst was ook bekend als Radio Security Service. De dienst hield zich bezig met het ontvangen van radioberichten die uitgezonden werden door Duitse bommenwerpers tijdens de Blitzkrieg in de Battle of Britain. De huidige Signals Intelligence in het Verenigd Koninkrijk is nu gelegen in de Government Communications Headquarters oftewel GCHQ.
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