Sir John Sawer’s speech and some aspects of SIS PR

Lobster Issue 60 (Winter 2010) FREE

[PDF file]: […] is in decline because, with the exception of Washington, everybody else recognised the environment debate, so too has ‘big’ espionage collapsed. The last of the Cold War spook agencies with leading brand status to topple in ignominy like the rest of them was SIS: in its case because of the illegal and immoral invasion […]

Some agent protection issues and more comment on SIS PR

Lobster Issue 62 (Winter 2011) FREE

[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 […]

The view from the bridge

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[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 […]

The View from the Bridge

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[…] 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 […]

The view from the bridge

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[…] 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 […]

Olivia Jayne Frank, 1956-2023

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[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 […]

Olivia Jayne Frank, 1956-2023

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[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

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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 […]

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