Peer group pressure

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[PDF file]: […] from an ‘apocalyptic cyber attack’).8 BlueVoyant’s Executive Chair is Thomas Glocer, a former CEO of Reuters and a director of Morgan Stanley, 9 a director of K2 Intelligence and the Atlantic Council, amongst other things. Chief Operating Officer of Bluevoyant is Jim Penrose who worked in the National Security Agency (NSA) for 17 years, […]

Kelly Bond 007 essay

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[…] Morgan and Nelson, loyal to the crown, who would reaffirm England as a world power, wipe out the shame of the Burgess-Maclean defections, and reestablish the Secret Intelligence Service as the most dangerous Secret Service . . . (pp. 403 and 445) 3 So the real mission of Ian Fleming’s Secret Agent 007, James […]

The view from the bridge

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[PDF file]: […] in the foreseeable future must be close to zero. UFOs and the USAF So we now have a parade of former US Air Force (USAF) and US intelligence personnel telling the world that yes, the UFO thing is real – even commonplace – for the US military but it has all been covered-up for […]

The view from the bridge

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[PDF file]: […] in it does not appear to be on-line. This is reminiscent of Kenneth de Courcy.8 Like du Berrier, de Courcy had some interesting early experiences in politics/ intelligence and parlayed this into a subscription-based newsletter which purported to show the world as it really is. De Courcy had interesting snippets but wasn’t reliable as […]

View from the Bridge

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[…] General William Barr in 2019 to investigate the origins of the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. He was tasked to determine if intelligence collection involving the Trump campaign was ‘lawful and appropriate’. The appointment was an expression of the suspicion of some – the certainty of others – within […]

The View from the Bridge (updated 20 Sep 2022)

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[PDF file]: […] of ‘Who struck John’ is mentioned in Peter Usowski, ‘The White House, Richard Helms, and Watergate: A Clash between Executive Power and Organizational Responsibility’ in Studies in Intelligence, Vol. 66, No. 2 (Extracts, June 2022) at . Usowiski’s interpretation is the same as mine. Garrick Alder spotted this. 40 Quoted in David Talbot, Brothers: […]

[PDF file]: […] of ‘Who struck John’ is mentioned in Peter Usowski, ‘The White House, Richard Helms, and Watergate: A Clash between Executive Power and Organizational Responsibility’ in Studies in Intelligence, Vol. 66, No. 2 (Extracts, June 2022) at . Usowiski’s interpretation is the same as mine. Garrick Alder spotted this. 8 Quoted at and in David […]

The view from the bridge

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[PDF file]: […] General William Barr in 2019 to investigate the origins of the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. He was tasked to determine if intelligence collection involving the Trump campaign was ‘lawful and appropriate’. The appointment was an expression of the suspicion of some – the certainty of others – within […]

Trump, the US Military and the American Empire

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[PDF file]: […] New York: Penguin Press, 2019 Holding the Line: Inside Trump’s Pentagon with Secretary Mattis Guy M. Snodgrass New York: Sentinel (Penguin Random House), 2019 The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies Michael V. Hayden New York: Penguin Random House, 2019 Bluster: Donald Trump’s War on Terror Peter R. Neumann […]

AFRICOM, NATO and the EU

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[PDF file]: […] even China – comes close to challenging the United States in power and influence. The US’s strength lies in its power to bribe, the breadth of its intelligence agencies, its sophisticated public relations operations, and especially its military might. Consequently, it is the ambition of US businesses, using the military as a vehicle, to […]

Using the UK FOIA, part II

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[PDF file]: Using the UK FOIA, part II Nick Must Why does the UK government not want me to know the names of attendees at two European intelligence meetings, which were hosted in London and that took place more than 65 years ago? It’s a question that really does need answering, particularly when one considers that […]

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