| Lobban said his staff at gchq would happily focus on intercepting nothing but traffic from the bad guys if that were possible. |
| Such powers had previously been the domain only of the police, MI5, MI6, government listening post GCHQ, Customs and Excise and the Inland Revenue. |
| The biggest employer in Gloucestershire is the intelligence agency GCHQ, who are based at 'The Doughnut', their headquarters in Cheltenham. |
| When the Guardian offered John Lanchester access to the gchq files, the journalist and novelist was initially unconvinced. |
| The JIC is responsible for briefings to the Prime Minister based on MI5, MI6 and GCHQ reports. |
| It remained unclear how much involvement the spy agencies MI5 and GCHQ would have in the new set-up. |
