Sir John Sawer’s speech and some aspects of SIS PR

Lobster Issue 60 (Winter 2010)

[PDF file]: […] say, Hollywood movie moguls. Ostensibly part of a chieftain rolling programme – Sir John’s speech followed those given by the director of GCHQ and directors general of MI5 – the statement was the finale to an impressive three pronged SIS PR campaign. In addition to Sir John’s talk, this comprised the September launches of […]

The British state’s failed attempt to kill off the Freedom of Information Act

Lobster Issue 74 (Winter 2017)

[PDF file]: […] See or 16 See note 13. 17 See note 13. this hydra’s tail. Unlike the CIA, the security and intelligence agencies of the UK (better known as MI5 and MI6 respectively) are protected by Britain’s FOI Act with an all-encompassing clause 23(1) concerning ‘Information supplied by, or relating to, bodies dealing with security matters’, […]

GArrick part one trial

Lobster Issue

[…] dubious at the time. The staff of the Myrotvorets website evidently share a dark sense of humour, because the administrators use online noms-de-plume such as ‘Nato’, ‘ MI5’, and ‘NSA’. There was no reason to presume that the reference to Langley, Virginia, had any real-world significance. But six weeks after Lira’s death, the CIA […]

Suddenly in September?

Lobster Issue 82 (Winter 2021)

[PDF file]: […] what happened in the past 20 years of preemptive wars in West Asia and the Middle East was reflected in the contribution of Lady Manningham-Buller, the former MI5 deputy chief. She told the Lords that when she and the head of MI6 met the Bush team in Washington shortly after 9/11, ‘the decision was […]

Sources

Lobster Issue 59 (Summer 2010)

[PDF file]: […] I went to The Guardian in Manchester, UK and met with their then Northern Correspondent. I showed him correspondence from UK-Cabinet Minister Hazel Blears (then responsible for MI5 and Special Branch) that proves that my complaints are being covered-up. He was appalled and told me that he would recommend to his Editor that an […]

GArrick Kill chain 1 -7 pix copy 4

Lobster Issue

[…] dubious at the time. The staff of the Myrotvorets website evidently share a dark sense of humour, because the administrators use online noms-de-plume such as ‘Nato’, ‘ MI5’, and ‘NSA’. There was no reason to presume that the reference to Langley, Virginia, had any real-world significance. But six weeks after Lira’s death, the CIA […]

John Stonehouse book reviews

Lobster Issue 82 (Winter 2021)

[PDF file]: . . . and then two come along JOHN STONEHOUSE, MY FATHER The True Story of the Runaway MP Julia Stonehouse London: Icon, 2021, £16.99, h/b Stonehouse Cabinet Minister, Fraudster, Spy Julian Hayes London: Robinson, 2021, £16.99, h/b Robin Ramsay Well here’s a thing: two books, using much of the same material – centrally a […]

View from Bridge copy

Lobster Issue

[…] is Lauria’s second omission. Ukraine Reading Craig Murray’s blog post ‘Rethinking Ukraine: Putin and the Mystery of National Identity’,34 I noticed this: 29 30 And this included MI5 who had 100% penetration of the Party. See ‘The British Gladio and the murder of Sergeant Speed’ at or . 31 It had been leaked in […]

The Hess flight: still dangerous for historians – even after 75 years

Lobster Issue 73 (Summer 2017)

[PDF file]: […] project. They too had their problems. A freelance producer cracked under political pressure and had to be replaced by the Official Historian of the Security Service ( MI5). 5 Dr Matthias Uhl of the Deutsches Historisches Institut Moskau unveiled in 20116 a chilling document found in the State Archive of the Russian Federation. For […]

View from Bridge copy

Lobster Issue

[…] is Lauria’s second omission. Ukraine Reading Craig Murray’s blog post ‘Rethinking Ukraine: Putin and the Mystery of National Identity’,34 I noticed this: 29 30 And this included MI5 who had 100% penetration of the Party. See ‘The British Gladio and the murder of Sergeant Speed’ at or . 31 It had been leaked in […]

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