[…] college,191 and the The Economist, just in time for the fall of the Soviet bloc. Were she British I would wonder if that was her route into SIS. As an American, probably not. More likely it was just another stop on the way to her current prominent place among the apologists for liberal internationalism. […]
[PDF file]: […] most frequently used techniques were bribery, propaganda and manipulation. Phoney political movements and parties were created. This continued into the 1980s when the Secret Intelligence Service ( SIS) – allegedly, says the author – began funding one of the Islamic groups in Pakistan to spread Islamic literature among the Soviet republics with large Islamic […]
[PDF file]: […] A very much larger part of my appeal was showing how the extensive list of intelligence officers’ names that could be gleaned from the official history of SIS by Professor Keith Jeffery2 illustrated that, when it suits them, the FCO are quite happy for names to be in the public domain. I will return […]
[PDF file]: […] appointed by other MPs. 5 The complete transcript, over 200 pages of it, a fascinating read, is at On Rometsch see . 6 2 ‘on the ba sis that his role focused on providing private advice to him and the national security council and his appearance would “set a difficult precedent.”’ In response to […]
[PDF file]: […] parapolitics, primarily covering the activities of the British Security and Intelligence Services. It was co-founded/edited with Robin Ramsay, who went through something of a self-confessed mid-life cri sis and unceremoniously ejected Stephen Dorril, stole the Lobster name, subscription list and back copies. Almost none of this is true. Yes, Dorril suggested the name and […]
[PDF file]: […] has given enough of his life in service to a state that appears unable to defend its most basic interests. (p. 81) Field officer Sharman resigns from SIS, becomes a consultant/researcher and stumbles across the traces of a Russian spy and influence network based on Oxford University, involving some of the people he knew […]
[PDF file]: […] was Commander Kenneth Cohen, as his surname is five letters long as is the redaction. At the time of the meetings, Commander Cohen held the position within SIS of ‘controller of Europe’ – an absolute shoe-in as an attendee. Kenneth Herman Salaman Cohen joined SIS in 1936 and served until 1953. As well as […]
[PDF file]: […] The feud is too complicated to be described in an obituary but Olivia Frank tackles it enthusiastically in The Third Direction. She describes a conversation after telling SIS officer Taylor that Volkan Karabudak, Asil Nadir’s security chief, was sending contracts for Olivia and Jim to join the Nadir security team in Istanbul. I wanted […]
[PDF file]: […] The feud is too complicated to be described in an obituary but Olivia Frank tackles it enthusiastically in The Third Direction. She describes a conversation after telling SIS officer Taylor that Volkan Karabudak, Asil Nadir’s security chief, was sending contracts for Olivia and Jim to join the Nadir security team in Istanbul. I wanted […]
[…] has given enough of his life in service to a state that appears unable to defend its most basic interests. (p. 81) Field officer Sharman resigns from SIS, becomes a consultant/researcher and stumbles across the traces of a Russian spy and influence network based on Oxford University, involving some of the people he knew […]
