Jock Kane, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Scottish radio operator and whistleblower
Date of Birth: 07-Apr-1921
Place of Birth: Coatbridge, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 27-Sep-2013
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Jock Kane
- John "Jock" Kane (7 April 1921 – 27 September 2013) was a Scottish whistleblower who was prevented from publishing two books alleging corruption at the British intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).
- Kane served with the Royal Air Force in various European theatres as a radio operator in World War II, before joining GCHQ after the war.
- While serving with GCHQ in Hong Kong, Kane was concerned with the lack of security and after uncovering fraud, raised his complaints with officials.
- Kane retired in 1978 and his complaints were investigated by a senior civil servant, but the report was never published.
- Kane wrote a memoir in 1984, GCHQ: The Negative Asset, which was subsequently banned, as was a second memoir, The Hidden Depths of Treachery.
- Kane later worked as a milkman after retiring from GCHQ.
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