Absolutely Correct.
GCHQ’s Robert Hannigan, who resigned almost immediately after Trump’s inauguration, was awarded the US Intelligence Distinguished Public Service Medal in 2017, yet you can’t find it documented anywhere, except in Wikipedia and UK Who’s Who, which is not accessible, and on Hannigan’s own CV I gather, which I can’t be bothered locating just now.
he was always around to liaise with “others” in the US:
8 March 2016: MIT Technology Review: British Spy Agency Chief Says Tech Companies Should Provide a Way Around Encryption
Nonetheless, Hannigan—making just his second appearance in a public forum since taking the helm of GCHQ in 2014—said tech companies should work more closely with governments to try to come up with ways to give law enforcement what it wants...
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/600960/british-spy-agency-chief-says-tech-companies-should-provide-a-way-around-encryption/
some interesting names here, if you need to touch base with “others” about how to keep a lid on revelations - Bossert & Joyce left the Trump Admin:
CNBC: 2017 Cambridge Cyber Summit, Wednesday, October 4, 2017
This year’s slate of speakers represents many of the most influential leaders in the cybersecurity industry, including:
•Thomas P. Bossert, White House Homeland Security Advisor...
•Robert Hannigan, Former Director, Government Communications Headquarters...
•Rob Joyce, White House Cybersecurity Advisor...
•Bill Priestap, Assistant Director for Counterintelligence, FBI
•Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice
https://www.cnbc.com/cambridge-cyber-summit-speakers/
add McCabe to the list:
4 October 2017: Aspen Institute: Second Annual Cambridge Cyber Summit
2017 Cambridge Cyber Summit Agenda
THE STRATEGY SESSIONS
9:05 – 9:35 Global Threat Briefing
Andrew McCabe, Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
10:05 – 10:35 Russia and Ukraine: The Canary in the Coalmine?
E.W. “Bill” Priestap, Assistant Director, Counterintelligence Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation
11:25 – 12:05 Good Offense, Better Defense: Toward a New National Cybersecurity Posture
Robert Hannigan, Former Director, GCHQ (U.K.)
12:05 – 12:20 p.m. Cyber Crime and Punishment
Rod Rosenstein, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice
https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/cybersecurity-technology-program/cambridge-cyber-summit/