[…] 28 February 1985) Interesting background support to this in Andreas Whittam Smith in Telegraph (16 February 1985) who quotes on history of British tapping. Claims all Britain’s cable traffic goes through computers programmed to record sections triggered by key words; eg gold, OPEC etc. Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) in Northern Ireland excluded from new […]
The Dismantling of Yugoslavia Edward S. Herman and David Peterson Vol. 59, No 5 of Monthly Review (online) Price stated as $5.00, €3.00, £3.00; but e-mail <> to check postage costs. In almost every conflict since WW2 in which the Americans have taken part they have been on the side of exploitation, oppression, torture, and … Read more
[…] the Falklands. It would make an ideal listening post since it has very little radio activity. The radio ham who ‘heroically’ relayed details of the Falklands invasion by the Argentine was recently revealed to be an employee of Cable and Wireless Ltd, seen by some as a cover for GCHQ. Any more examples of this?
Operation Paget, the investigation by the team led by Sir John Stevens into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, briefly tried to investigate a collision between a white Fiat Uno and Princess Diana’s BMW. The head-on collision happened on 22 March 1996, on Cromwell Road, Kensington, when a casino employee lost control of a … Read more
[…] Sheffield alternative newspaper City Issues June 1984. Members reported: police arrested without provocation tried to move pickets without warning arrested pickets for jeering at miners used plastic cable ties to handcuff arrested harassed ‘police watch’ members did not display identification numbers. Much of the above and more is summarised in Policing the Miners, GLC […]
[…] for the prosecution, to Cyril Wecht and Bill Newman for the defence. The TV jury found for Bugliosi whereas a telephone poll of viewers conducted by Showtime Cable TV in the States showed an overwhelming 85% finding for Spence: that is, Oswald not guilty. See further, Reclaiming History, p.xvi et seq. Also, Anthony Frewin, […]
[…] Heseltine, the Defence Secretary, for 6 months to help improve the management of the Defence Ministry.(15) Many of Atlantic Assets’ other investments are in high-tech firms (including Cable and Wireless), but it also has shares in Pennzoil, which as well as owning oil and mining interests owns molybdenum mines, and Teck Corporation, based in […]
[…] in 1979. Two page report City Limits (2 September 1983) on list of ex SB members and subsequent employment. Organisation hiring such include: MOD, Standard Telephone and Cable, Plessey, British Gas, and Saladin Security. Convicted murderer Ronald Waldron claims he was a contract killer for Mid East groups while employed by Merseyside SB and […]
[…] string of business interests Blair’s former Defence Secretary has acquired since he stepped down as secretary-general of Nato. The former George Robertson quickly became deputy chairman of Cable & Wireless and a director of Smith’s, the arms company. He joined the Royal Bank of Canada Europe in 2003 as it was bidding to modernise […]
Colin Challen MP First, buy your senator It wasn’t long after their election in 2000 that the business backgrounds of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney became mired in controversy. Cheney’s business career was not as long as Bush’s, but it personifies the role of crony capitalism endemic to U.S. politics. Cheney’s role as Halliburton’s … Read more
