[PDF file]: […] specific statement attributed by John Ware to ‘Phil Smith’ is named as (the pseudonymous) ‘Rob Lewis’, author of a book on the FRU. Students of 4 the spook world may know, therefore, that this is not ‘Phil Smith’ but actually ‘Philip Campbell-Smith’. And Ms McGoogan barely touches upon Mr Campbell-Smith’s post-FRU career as a […]
[PDF file]: […] between the SIS and the former Gaddafi regime is also repellent. However, flattery goes with the territory – whether or not a recipient is a ‘friend’ in spook terms – as does appreciation of cultural nuance where extreme warmth and expression of friendship is important. (Sir Mark Allen was condemned for signing off letters […]
[PDF file]: […] magazine produced in Hull, England, came up. Don’t worry about Lobster, was the message, Lobster has been penetrated. That seemed absolutely hilarious to Hougan and me. Typical spook bullshit, we thought, claiming to have penetrated an organisation consisting of one man. We had a good laugh down the transatlantic phone line and I forgot […]
[…] magazine produced in Hull, England, came up. Don’t worry about Lobster, was the message, Lobster has been penetrated. That seemed absolutely hilarious to Hougan and me. Typical spook bullshit, we thought, claiming to have penetrated an organisation consisting of one man. We had a good laugh down the transatlantic phone line and I forgot […]
[…] information warfare operation, writes Tony Kevin.’ 11 The author, Tony Kevin, is a former Australian ambassador. Well, now: a retired diplomat pointing the finger at the US-dominated spook network? Other than Craig Murray, I can think of no other former diplomats who have been willing to tell it like they see it. There is […]
[PDF file]: […] expulsion of Arie Regev, the Mossad chief in London. Life for a transgender Mossad combatant living in a Cheshire caravan park apparently became ‘Orwellian’ after a second spook in a black Rover told her, ‘You have a choice to work with or against the Service. Tell us what we need to know about the […]
[PDF file]: […] expulsion of Arie Regev, the Mossad chief in London. Life for a transgender Mossad combatant living in a Cheshire caravan park apparently became ‘Orwellian’ after a second spook in a black Rover told her, ‘You have a choice to work with or against the Service. Tell us what we need to know about the […]
The View from the Bridge Robin Ramsay Thanks to Garrick Alder and Nick Must for editorial and proof-reading help. Going round in circles In the section below subheaded ‘What goes around’, I referred to David Teacher’s massive study of Le Cercle. Teacher informs me that his fifth, final and slightly revised version is now on-line.1 […]
