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| GCHQ 'disrupted' in summer floods | GCHQ 'disrupted' in summer floods |
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| Britain's secret electronic intelligence agency, GCHQ, experienced "significant disruption" because of the floods last summer, a report said. | Britain's secret electronic intelligence agency, GCHQ, experienced "significant disruption" because of the floods last summer, a report said. |
| Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee said the Gloucestershire floods caused "severe problems". | Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee said the Gloucestershire floods caused "severe problems". |
| GCHQ kept its most important operations going - but the committee said the disruption could have been more severe if the flooding had worsened. | GCHQ kept its most important operations going - but the committee said the disruption could have been more severe if the flooding had worsened. |
| The report says continuity arrangements at MI5, MI6 and GCHQ will be reviewed. | The report says continuity arrangements at MI5, MI6 and GCHQ will be reviewed. |
| "The summer floods in the Gloucestershire region caused significant disruption to GCHQ and its staff," the committee said in its annual report. | |
| Staff and management at the agency were commended for their "tenacity and dedication" during the "difficult period". |