[…] major hand in launching it via the 1984 Jonathan Institute conference. (See the book review, Lobster 13 p 20). The Israeli state’s interest lies in getting this new definition of ‘terrorism’ into common currency so they can assign the PLO to it, thus justifying their continuing repression.) Jilian Becker/Institute for the Study of Terrorism […]
[…] The Climate of Treason, notes another encounter between Rothschild and Philby: “It was in Paris during the bleak winter of 1944-45, when Philby was busily forming his new Soviet counter-espionage section, that Muggeridge met him again… Two small incidents imprinted themselves indelibly on Muggeridge’s mind. Each concerned Philby. The first was a heated discussion […]
Nicky Hager Craig Potton Publishing Box 555, Nelson, New Zealand $25 (New Zealand) 1996 Sample chapters at http://www.fas.org/irp/eprint/sp/ This was mentioned briefly in the Guardian some months ago. Hager has done a Duncan Campbell and stitched together, in incredible detail, New Zealand’s contribution to the NSA-run global network of communications interception. But his work […]
[…] present danger. * * * In an attempt to mobilise public opinion, a number of surveys were undertaken in Europe. In 1981 Kane Parsons Associates Inc of New York organised an opinion poll in London on American foreign policy. It was fronted by Prof. Donald J. Puchala, Director of the Institute on Western Europe, […]
A Franco-German Bomb? A study by the German historian Werner Abelhauser casts new light on Franco-German efforts to provide the youthful European Economic Community with military capability.(1) The essay is notable because it adds another dimension to our grasp of how and why the EEC was formed. Most modern work follows from the thesis […]
[…] News: Big Swing to BAP’. This began: ‘No less than four British-American Project Fellows and one Advisory Board Member have been appointed to ministerial posts in the new Labour government.’ New names on the BAP roster include Geoff (from Militant via Red Wedge to the PM’s Office) Mulgan, Julia (not now, daddy, I’m busy) […]
[…] information runs the risk of being accused of treachery. That explains why the leaders of the national groups treat this problem with the greatest discretion.'(5) Indeed, the New York Times reported that the ‘Free Trade Unions (sic) in Exile… worked with underground anti-communist forces in Eastern Europe.'(6) The ICFTUE also had access to a […]
[…] agree with it. CSICOP people love Kennedy-buff bashing. CSICOP Executive Council member, Joe Nickell, is the co-author, with John F. Fischer, of Mysterious Realms (Prometheus Books, Buffalo, New York, 1992) a chapter of which is devoted to the sport. Nickell spends 98% of the chapter to rubbishing the late Michael Eddowes’ theories about the […]
[…] the largest single contractor in Iraq in 2004 and its former subsidiary, KBR Inc. (a.k.a. Kellogg, Brown and Root), has carried on the tradition by topping the new list with over $16 billion in US government contracts from 2004 to 2006. Not bad, considering the total value of contracts for that period came to […]
[…] Sept. 2001 The Sept 11 2001 attacks on the US and subsequent ‘war against terrorism’ have provided law enforcement/intelligence agencies with an opportunity to push for sweeping new powers, plus fast-tracking of legislation already on the agenda, to curb civil liberties and electronic privacy. Far-reaching anti-terrorist legislation has been rushed through in the US, […]
