Comms data requests by C&E & the Inland Revenue

[Tom Thomson]

> I would not say that they are not that senior, as they can have very
> large numbers of staff beneath them. A Senior Executive Officer
> equates to the Navy rank of Commander or the Army rank of Lieutenant
> Colonel. They may not be senior in terms of the policy making
> "Whitehall Mandarins" but in terms of those who "execute"the policy at
> a local level they are quite senior.

Last time I looked, a "Principal" was considered senior to a "Senior
Executive Officer"' and the rank equivalence for "Principal" was well
known.  Maybe Senior Executive Officers have become much more senior than
they were in my youth?

Equating public "service" snooper ranks and SS ranks (perhaps the most
appropriate comparison in the current context), I would guess SEO =
Hauptsturmfuhrer; it seems extremely unlikely that SEO =
Obersturmbannfuhrer, as suggested above.