[…] an alleged ‘…pursuing paparazzi motorist who blocked the exit road before the Alma Tunnel.'(8) This was witnessed by Thierry H, although it is unclear how he k new that the car blocking the road was occupied by paparazzi. Electronic sabotage According to one theory the Mercedes, having being ‘lured’ into the Alma Tunnel, was […]
[…] is in the CFR; everybody is. Still, some very useful primary data here beneath the rhetoric and theories. There is a Trilateral site at http://trilateral.org/annmtgs/trialog/triglist.htm Meet the new boss… same as the old boss One of Lobster’s regular contributors of recent years had been having terrible trouble, first with his answering machine and then […]
[…] in 1981 — Labour policy towards Europe? Labour and Europe? On the face of it this would seem a more promising and principled basis for launching a new party than fear of the somewhat arcane activities of local party management committees. After all, the leadership quartet were central to that section of the Labour […]
[…] off the bigger stunts, I would have guessed that the pressure seems to be heaviest on MI5. But the Sunday Times‘ James Adams tells us in his new book, reviewed below, that on the contrary, MI5 is coming out best in the traditional struggle for funds and influence with MI6. The Great Polish Arms […]
[…] most noteworthy thing about it: Myrna speaks of being taken by soldiers, not aliens, after she had seen vaguely-described unusual activity taking place near Kirtland AFB in New Mexico. Davidson confirmed for me that, at the time, everyone talking to Myrna merely presumed that UFOs were involved. This is typical of the conclusion-hopping one […]
David Craig and Richard Brooks London: Constable, 2006, £9.99, p/b When the Blair faction took office in 1997 as ‘ New Labour’ we knew that they were going to be pro-American, pro-NATO, pro-business, anti-union and media conscious. What we did not know then was just how completely they had internalised the Thatcher ethos, […]
[…] be familiar to Lobster readers from articles by myself and John Burnes in recent editions and there is no need to recycle it here. The most interesting new development concerns de Courcy’s connection with the Swedes. This revolved around the diplomat Bjorn Prytz, who was the intermediary between Britain and Germany in the abortive […]
[…] side that made the other side blink. The Soviet denials were utterly unconvincing, but so were the U. S. claims that it had known nothing in ‘ real time’ of the aircraft’s disastrous deviation from its flight path and so was unable to warn it. In January of 1984, with the public finger pointing […]
[…] remains too secret, and its decisions cannot be appealed. Malcolm Kennedy’s complaint of interference with his telecommunications is one of those proceeding before the Tribunal. In a new development that could, in theory, ultimately lead to the safety of his earlier conviction for manslaughter being reexamined, a new search for witnesses who knew Patrick […]
[…] common. Based on their actions and accomplishments of nearly thirty years ago, they have achieved the status of icons within the subculture of what passes for the New Left. Icon Ellsberg became a celebrity in 1971 after he leaked The Pentagon Papers, an ‘act of conscience’ that helped turn public opinion against the Vietnam […]
