Annie Machon

Annie Machon
Annie Machon standing, left hand raised, speaking into a headset microphone
Machon in 2013
Born1968 (age 55–56)
United Kingdom
Occupations
  • Author
  • public speaker
Known forWhistleblowing
Websiteanniemachon.ch

Annie Machon (/ˈmæˌʃɒn/; born 1968) is a former British MI5 intelligence officer, author,[1] and public speaker. In 1996, she resigned from MI5 in order to help David Shayler reveal a series of alleged crimes committed by the agency. Afterward, they went on the run around Europe for a month, lived in hiding for a year and in exile for two, before returning voluntarily. Machon was never charged with a crime. Subsequently, she has become a media commentator, author, political campaigner, and international public speaker on a wide variety of geopolitical issues. She has also featured in a number of films and TV documentaries, including The Culture High, Digitale Dissidenten, and The Mole: Undercover in North Korea.[2]

  1. ^ Machon, Annie (2022). The privacy mission: achieving ethical data for our lives online. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-119-90697-1.
  2. ^ "Annie Machon". IMDb. Retrieved 6 March 2023.