[…] headquartered in caves have laid waste Wall Street, killing thousands of Americans. Constitutional protections have been suspended, superseded or exempted to death, while a new regime of surveillance unfolds in the heartland. Surely, it is time that we put an end to the name calling, and begin to follow the evidence. All of the […]
[…] to the FBI that it could carry out acts of sabotage with the best of them, and also to warn Losey that he was still under their surveillance. (This is one of the author’s several touches of artistic license – the Studios continued to operate until 1961 and were demolished shortly afterwards.) The incident, […]
[…] strategies could be effective only in the wider context of the incorporation of the working class into the political order.” Blowing the gaffers Paul Demetriou Leveller/Monochrome April 1985 Interview with unnamed MI5 officer: details tapping, break-ins, surveillance (some of them included in the Clippings Digest). This is an important companion piece to the Massiter revelations.
[…] to win the Lockheed F-16 deal with Poland last week. Information from an official translator who has first-hand knowledge of various meetings… an aggressive campaign, including electronic surveillance to ensure that Lockheed, rather than Swedish/French rivals, won an order for fighter jets. This campaign included….if Lockheed’s offer was not successful, the US would block […]
[…] the government supported the US war in Vietnam; and on this the evidence is still ambiguous. It is true that British components of the Anglo-American intelligence and surveillance system, notably some GCHQ bases in the Far East, provided intelligence to the US. But despite a great deal of arm-twisting from LBJ, and despite Wilson’s […]
[…] the call-girl ring was, in fact, a CIA operation. The best he can offer is a series of claims which (to him) make it probable. “That the surveillance of the Columbia Plaza (site of the call-girl ring – RR) and the DNC was an intelligence operation mounted by the CIA is demonstrated by a […]
[…] in post-9/11 America, a report by the American Civil Liberties Union, describes how federal and state government officials, aided and abetted by the police, have used censorship, surveillance, detention, and force to clamp down on dissent since the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Protesters in various parts of the country have been beaten, maced, and […]
Reflections on the ‘cult of the offensive’: pre-emptive war, the Israel lobby and US military Doctrine In our book, Spies, Lies and the War on Terror,(1) a central theme is the ascendancy of pre-emptive war doctrine in US military strategy and its impact on public perceptions and the construction of political narrative. A parallel and […]
[…] UK is no longer a world military power but merely a cash-strapped proxy for the US, dependent upon US weapons systems and intelligence from the US-dominated global surveillance system. (I don’t take seriously recent newspapers stories about the UK creating a defensive missile screen and building – or acquiring – new aircraft carriers.) He […]
[…] real heart of the Watergate affair. He sees the burglary as a cover for other illegal activities being carried on in the same district: namely, a CIA-controlled surveillance of a call-girl set-up which is providing information on both Democrats and Republicans in Washington. Problems arose when the operation began to be threatened with exposure […]
