40. Paved with Good Intentions
58. After the Horse Has Bolted
MEMORANDUM
From: Office of the Director of the Joint Intelligence Committee
Subject: Revised classifications of the British governmental departments
Security: TOP SECRET
| DEPARTMENT 1 | Office of the Prime Minister |
| DEPARTMENT 2 | Cabinet Office |
| DEPARTMENT 3 | Home Office |
| DEPARTMENT 4 | Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| DEPARTMENT 5 | Ministry of Defence |
| DEPARTMENT 6 | British Army |
| DEPARTMENT 7 | Royal Navy |
| DEPARTMENT 8 | Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service |
| DEPARTMENT 9 | Her Majesty’s Treasury |
| DEPARTMENT 10 | Department for Transport |
| DEPARTMENT 11 | Attorney General’s Office |
| DEPARTMENT 12 | Ministry of Justice |
| DEPARTMENT 13 | Military Intelligence, Section 5 (MI5) |
| DEPARTMENT 14 | Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) |
| DEPARTMENT 15 | Royal Air Force |
| DEPARTMENT 16 | Northern Ireland Office |
| DEPARTMENT 17 | Scotland Office |
| DEPARTMENT 18 | Wales Office |
| DEPARTMENT 19 | CLASSIFIED |
| DEPARTMENT 20 | Territorial Police Forces |
| DEPARTMENT 21 | Department of Health |
| DEPARTMENT 22 | Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ) |
| DEPARTMENT 23 | Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) |
PROLOGUE
CROWTHORNE, BERKSHIRE
In the village of Crowthorne is an alarm.
A direct copy of a World War Two air-raid siren, it is bright red, and sits atop a pole two metres above the ground.
The alarm is connected by an underground network of wires to Broadmoor Hospital, the sprawling estate of red-brick buildings that sits above the village, and which is home to almost three hundred of the United Kingdom’s most dangerous, damaged
