Head of UK's GCHQ eavesdropping agency to step down
The head of GCHQ, the secret eavesdropping agency that has come under scrutiny following leaks by former US analyst Edward Snowden, is to stand down. ● Iain Lobban, 53, will leave the agency later this year after serving nearly six years as director, the Foreign Office said. It denied that his departure was related to revelations contained in Snowden's leaked documents that GCHQ was one of the main players in mass telecommunications surveillance.
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