[…] by the entrance and my officers went to evacuate the people.” Despite the arrest of the FSB officers by the police, they were quietly released when the secret service’s Moscow headquarters intervened. The Observer reports that the next day, in an attempt to cover-up the discovery, “the FSB in Moscow announced that there had […]
[…] Freedom of Information Acts. Published: Documenti Diplomatici Italiani (DDI) Documents on German Foreign Policy (DGFP) Nicholas Bethell, The War Hitler Won (1972) Anthony Cave Brown, “C”: The Secret Life of Sir Stewart Menzies (1988) Richard Cockett, Twilight of Truth (1989) John Costello, Ten Days that Saved the West (1991) Richard Griffiths, Fellow Travellers of […]
[…] was a very influential figure in British diplomatic circles, mixing quite easily with the likes of Balfour and Churchill, as ‘Special Consultant on Russian Affairs’ to the Secret Intelligence Service. The longevity and depth of his dealings with Churchill are of particular interest and seem to have been neglected by his recent biographers. After […]
[…] (a word whose analytical validity I don’t accept, but he does, like most others) up to 1974 was sponsored by elements within the ruling bloc and the secret state in particular. He illustrates this by looking at incidents including the May 1972 killing of 3 carabineri near Peateano (using weapons from a Gladio arms […]
[…] said 6 million jobs were lost between 1990 and 1996. Auditors Ernst and Young are quoted as estimating that 7% of industrial espionage is carried out for secret services. In this world of round figures, my arithmetical conclusion is that the few reported cases in the American press hardly do justice to the contribution […]
Our Secret Servants: the Shayler affair Things had been going rather well for the British security and intelligence services in the 1990s. Under pressure from the Wright-Wallace-Massiter revelations of the 80s, they had conceded a notional form of parliamentary accountability with the creation of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With members who either knew […]
Letters From JIM HOUGAN, Washington, USA. (NB this letter was written between the reviews of Hougan’s book Secret Agenda which appeared in Lobsters 8 and 9) After reading No 8 I thought I’d share the following with you in re: Secret Agenda and, on another topic, Frank Terpil. Throat Secret Agenda is deliberately ambiguous […]
[…] mystery and others are on the way. Holy Blood and the Holy Grail by Henry Lincoln and co. started the craze by proclaiming the existence of a secret masonic society – the Priory of Sion – which claims to have operated various fronts for at least 900 years, including the Knights Templar and the […]
[…] reconnaissance satellites twelve years later, and to this day maintain that these are the responsibility of the USAF and the CIA. In 1971 the publication of Klass’ Secret Sentries in Space definitively exposed the US ‘black’ space programme. Burrows’ book not only picks up where Klass left off but also goes much further, exploring […]
[…] victim of nefarious Zionist influence in offering them their promised land in Palestine. The way this story is now told plays on the myth of an all-powerful secret Jewish conspiracy behind the scenes. Well, there was a conspiracy of sorts but it was not a Jewish one, and the ringleaders were British. It is […]
