[…] readers there is new information on William Sargant, author of the 1957 landmark book, Battle for the Mind. Streatfield shows that Sargant was working for MI5 and/or MI6 – something I had assumed but had never tried to check. There is a chapter on the British Army’s torture of IRA suspects in 1971. Streatfield […]
[…] around the KGB defector Oleg Gordiefsky. Gordiefsky’s public role, the quid pro quo for the pension he is now receiving, is to bolster the key myth of MI6, that while we may be the junior partner in the intelligence relationship with the U.S., we’re the best, the most subtle and the most reliable — […]
[…] and disarmament. Secret Kingdom http://www.cc.umist.ac.uk/sk/index.html ‘An initiation into the very real world of some of the more secretive government and military organisations in the UK.’ e.g. MI5, MI6, GCHQ, SAS, SBS, others. Basic stuff but all we have at the moment; and links e.g. to Mossad, Seals, Green Berets, Special Forces and counter-terrorism site. […]
[…] Soviet Union. (This was before U-2 over-flights and satellites.) Soviet nuclear arms, even the Soviet economy, were a mystery. All the agents sent in by CIA and MI6 had been turned or captured. How could they get agents in? One way was to send them in as defectors. There seems to have been a […]
[…] no information about this man’. After the meeting Robertson returned to MI5 headquarters and told ‘Mr White’ (presumably Dick White, later head of MI5 and then of MI6) before telephoning Edinburgh for information. The Assistant to the Regional Officer spoke to Robertson and said that he would ‘make enquiries about the case and let […]
[…] ‘Special Intelligence Service’ — sic. Presumably he means Secret Intelligence Service. Stupid mistake or someone trying be clever, pretending they don’t actually know the other name of MI6? ‘At the behest of his intelligence masters’ — there is no evidence that Morris has any intelligence masters and he — while flattered, perhaps — denies […]
[…] with hundreds of times the resources of SIS, a ‘man from the FO ’ replied: ‘Ah yes, but you have to take account of the fact that MI6 is the most professional and efficient intelligence in the world. This is not to criticise the Americans, of course, but….'(13) The third theme has been that […]
[…] others are more interesting, like Jock Wilson of Scotland Yard, who has a long career in Special Branch and is said to be a link to MI5/ MI6. We apologise for any mistakes: the original was none too clear. If you recognise any of the names please contact us. Thanks to SC for the […]
[…] the Centre for Conflict Studies, Washington.’ (Presumably sponsored means paid for by.) It includes a paper by ex ISC Peter Janke, now Director of Research for the MI6 operation, Control Risks. Editor Tucker is a former Deputy Head of IRD. No team like the old team. (Thanks to H. G. in Canada for the […]
[…] Portuguese readers that he came to Oporto in a KGB training mission as it was said in court in November 1993……. And I recall that the ex- MI6 officer, Richard Tomlinson saw an MI5 report on the case which concluded that Mr. Smith had not given any important or damaging information to Victor Oschenko. […]
