JFK, the FBI and the Cambridge phone call

Lobster Issue 30 (December 1995) £££

[…] PRESIDENT WAS SHOT. CAMBRIDGE REPORTER HAD NEVER RECEIVED CALL OF THIS KIND BEFORE AND SAY HE IS KNOWN TO THEM AS SOUND AND LOYAL PERSON WITH NO SECURITY RECORD. WANTED ABOVE REPORTED PARTICULARLY IN VIEW REPORTED SOVIET BACKGROUND OSWALD. DEPENDING ON CIRCUMSTANCES, HQS MAY WISH PASS ABOVE TO AS COULD NOT REACH REP THIS […]

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Historical Notes

Lobster Issue 53 (Summer 2007) £££

[…] or something else? There is something of a paradox here. Was Brandon really a well connected but low-key journalist who was not always trusted by the US security establishment, as the obituaries suggested? There are a number of answers. First of all, because Brandon’s sources were so well-placed he had to be careful how […]

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Israel’s Edwin Wilson

Lobster Issue 16 (1988) £££

[…] through shady arms dealing. Mike Harari, leader of MOSSAD’s Munich revenge hit-squad exposed in 1973 after the Lillehammer bungle, resurfaced in Panama in the late 1970s as security advisor to General Noriega’s predecessor, General Torrijos. After Noriega came to power, Harari quickly assumed a position of great influence, training Noriega’s bodyguard and advising on […]

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The once and future king?

Lobster Issue 56 (Winter 2008/9) £££

The demise of Ken Livingstone as Mayor of London on 1 May was preceded by the publication of the latest account of his political career, Andrew Hosken’s Ken – The Ups and Downs of Ken Livingstone.(1) Although it contains some new and interesting material (but has no index), it is similar in many ways to … Read more

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Northern Ireland &; CIA, Nairac & Phone-tapping

Lobster Issue 4 (1984) £££

[…] seven visits from a ‘Stuart Delroy’ who said he was born in Zambia and worked for the Institute. Nairac Linked to Killing of IRA Members in Republic? Security forces in Ulster are investigating claims (or looking the other way) that Capt. Robert Nairac was involved in the killing of IRA members in the Republic […]

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The Terrorism Industry (Book review)

Lobster Issue 21 (1991) £££

[…] Centre for Conflict Studies and Mackenzie Institute in Canada (Charters/Tugwell), the Jonathan Institute and Jaffee Centre in Israel; and in America, the Georgetown CSIS, Heritage Foundation, American Security Council (Singlaub/Stilwell), the International Security Council (Moonies), the Nathan Hale Institute and Rand Corporation. It also covers transnational groups such as the Pinay Circle. This list […]

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NASA, Nazis & JFK: the Torbitt Document and the JFK Assassination

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Lobster Issue 32 (December 1996) £££

[…] America, a couple of years before. For ‘Torbitt’ lays the blame not at the CIA’s door, but jointly on the FBI and something called the Defence Industries Security Command. (On the latter I have never seen any evidence that it ever existed; and if anyone has any, I would like to see it.) The […]

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The British Right

Lobster Issue 16 (1988) £££

[…] is the first time anyone has found out what BUI spend their money on. BUI 1987 CONTRIBUTIONS LIST Aims of Industry – £15,000. Coalition for Peace through Security – £7,000. Conservative Board of Finance (Scotland) – £18,900. Drummonds Bank – Free Enterprise – £230,000. Economic League – £18,000. Progress Trust – £7,500. Scottish Conservative […]

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The Big Breach

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Lobster Issue 41 (Summer 2001) £££

[…] health care or education?’ A flicker of a smile crossed McColl’s lips. “Ah, young man, you overlook the fact that we are still on the United Nations security council, unlike Germany and Japan. Britain has international responsibilities much greater than its economic wealth might suggest.” ‘ Ah yes, responsibilities, the white man’s burden, the […]

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PR, espionage and language

Lobster Issue 50 (Winter 2005/6) £££

[…] of the word risks linkage with other spook employers: a courageous former British agent who worked inside the IRA has warned that he was ‘dumped’ by the security forces. ‘When you are no longer of use, they leave you high and dry with no regard for your family, your children or you.'(21) There, too, […]

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