Lobster Issue 50 (Winter 2005/6) £££
[…] in courageously pursuing his theme that laundered money corrupts the wider economy. He concludes: “Money laundering by criminal or terrorist groups has far-reaching implications for the world’s security.’ As in his earlier BCCI book, Kochan shows a subtle understanding of the role of British bank regulators in dealing with these corrupt practices. The evidence […]
Lobster Issue 2 (1983) £££
[…] had a note on him referring to ‘Oswald’. See Seth Kantor, The Ruby Cover-up (US 1978) Richard Helms, Assistant Director of the CIA, explained to a Senate Internal Security Sub-Committee that there was a reason why Pravda was a day behind IPS in circulating the story: “Instead of having the story originate in Moscow, where […]
Lobster Issue 45 (Summer 2003) £££
[…] widow in 1975 was the link with Korean biowar experiments not ‘mind control’. Eric Olsen now regards the latter as disinformation. Illustrating the continuity in American national security circles is the fact that a declassified 1975 White House memorandum which suggested the settlement and compensation for Olsen’s widow, was written by the then Deputy […]
Lobster Issue 48 (Winter 2004) £££
The apparent re-election of George W. Bush as US President seems to have its roots in a mechanical failure. On 12 March 2004, a car went out of control on a busy highway and propelled itself in front of an 18-wheeler. The driver an African-American clergyman called Athan Gibbs was killed outright. Gibbs, … Read more
Lobster Issue 50 (Winter 2005/6) £££
[…] as this invites readers to construct their own wish-list of topics that really should have been included. I would probably include a wider selection of secret and security services and their misdeeds, including South Africa’s apartheid era BOSS and the French sinkers of Greenpeace’s Rainbow Warrior; an investigation into the murky world of mineral […]
Lobster Issue 53 (Summer 2007) £££
[…] insisting that invasion was necessary because of weapons of mass destruction to asserting that the motive was regime change; what happened behind the scenes over the second security council resolution; and the still unexplained reason for Lord Goldsmith’s quick change of mind culminating in his advice that starting the war was legal even without […]
Lobster Issue 56 (Winter 2008/9) £££
[…] warned him that he was in immediate danger. Amin dismissed these concerns and insisted that he could continue the investigation, relying on the local British embassy for security if need be. The following evening he received a call from his boss, Mickey Bispham. He was ordered to return to London immediately. Amin was thereafter […]
Lobster Issue 27 (1994) £££
[…] sector. This parasitical activity on the remnants of the British state reached an absurd climax with the news in March this year that the Department of Social Security paid out more than 100 million in management fees in 1993 — while only giving 97 million in grants to the poor.(67) But is this what […]
Lobster Issue 45 (Summer 2003) £££
[…] I made a subject access request to MI5 under the 1998 DPA act when it became ‘live’ in 2000. I received a reply which took the regulation Security Service ‘We can neither confirm nor deny’ line. This appeared to be in direct contradiction of the 1998 DPA and the Human Rights Act (HRA). Accordingly […]
Lobster Issue 35 (Summer 1998) £££
[…] Bentsen, Lloyd M. Former Secretary of the Treasury; Partner, Verner Liipfert Bernhard McPherson and Hand, Chartered (??) USA Berger, Samuel R. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs USA Bergsten, C. Fred Director, Institute for International Economics USA Bernstein Richard Book Critic, New York Times USA Bryan, John H. Chairman and CEO, Sara […]
