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[…] of Vladimir Putin’s riches and the Salisbury poisoning: Russian president ordered hit on Sergei Skripal ‘because he feared he would expose how he stole his vast fortune’. 103 The opening sentence of the text begins: Vladimir Putin may have ordered the bungled . . . . (Emphasis added.) KGB officer Oleg Kalugin wrote in […]

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[…] (and a couple more) certain colleagues – including my line manager – suggested that such interventions were “not helpful” and, in essence, reflected my white male privilege. 103 And if you were wondering how far into the US state DEI has penetrated, you can read the CIA’s version in their publication 2020–2023 CIA DIVERSITY […]

Lobster review: 1992 guide to intelligence periodics

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[…] characters. Those wishing to grasp all the subtleties and innuendo, ,vill have homework to do. A Britisl1 journalist recently wrote that, “much of its content is impenetrable.” 103 He is almost right, but LOBSTER is also intriguing. A good example is issue# 11 (April 1986, 55 pp.), which is devoted to ”Wilson, �5 and […]

The view from the bridge

Lobster Issue 67 (Summer 2014) FREE
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[PDF file]: […] in the Hull North constituency. I ‘Was there a deal with Iran over Lockerbie bombing? The West should come clean about who really bombed Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 – we owe it to the victims’ families’ at . Calling this shameless doesn’t quite do it justice. 26 9 Head of the Aviation […]

A Difference of Opinion: My Political Journey by Jim Sillars

Lobster Issue 83 (Summer 2022) FREE

[PDF file]: […] some useful insight into Middle East affairs. One big omission in Sillars’ memoir is Lockerbie. This is particularly striking as the 1988 destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 is, after devolution and the Dunblane massacre, probably the biggest Scottish story of his lifetime. The subsequent trial of two Libyans remains a controversial issue4 with […]

‘To Stand against Israel is to Stand against God’: Zionism, Trump and the US Christian Right

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[PDF file]: […] Capitalism, published by Bookmarks. Josh Reinstein, Titus, Trump and the Triumph of Israel: The Power of Faith-Based Diplomacy (New York: Gefen Publishing, 2020) pp. 69, 83, 102- 103, 204, 228, 232, 238 58 David Rubin, Confronting Radicals: What America Can Learn from Israel (Boca Raton, FL: Shiloh Israel press, 2021) pp. 59, 191. See […]

Gone but not forgotten… (Donald Trump book reviews)

Lobster Issue 82 (Winter 2021) FREE

[PDF file]: Gone but not forgotten . . . UnPresidented: Politics, pandemics and the race that Trumped all others Jon Sopel BBC Books, 2021, £20.00, h/b The Useful Idiot: How Donald Trump Killed the Republican Party with Racism, and the Rest of Us with Coronavirus, And Why aren’t We Done With Him Yet? S V Date Self-published, […]

Money laundering in British football

Lobster Issue 80 (Winter 2020) FREE

[PDF file]: […] about the events that have brought this exclusion of Mr. Belokon about, and it does seem extraordinary that a See paragraph 260, at the bottom of page 103 of . 11 conviction not on the merits but based on non-attendance by Mr. Belokon should have this effect. But, as I say, I know nothing […]

Some thoughts on The Russia Report

Lobster Issue 80 (Winter 2020) FREE

[PDF file]: […] . . this is a process which is in evolution’. (Emphasis in the original.) That from an organisation which is 111 years old and has had, for 103 of those years, the ‘threat’ from USSR/Russia as a major target. At the end of the report come the inevitable credits – the list of witnesses, […]

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