Behind the Enigma by John Ferris review – inside Britain's most secret intelligence agency

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From codebreakers at Bletchley Park to the crisis surrounding whistleblower Edward Snowden … an authorised history of GCHQ

For most of its 101-year existence GCHQ has operated from the shadows. Margaret Thatcher avowed its intelligence function only in 1982; even today the agency is understandably nervous about identifying the linguists and mathematicians who work there. Its post-Snowden push towards what director Jeremy Fleming calls “greater transparency” clearly has limits.

 

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