British Spooks “Who’s Who” part 2

Lobster Issue 10 (1986)

[…] 1969 HEAD OF IRD 1971 GOVERNOR CAYMAN ISLANDS 1974 CANADIAN NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE 1975 HEAD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPT FCO 1976 AMBASSADOR TO AFGHANISTAN 1979 RETIRED CROZIER, BRIAN ROSSITER B 4.8.18 TRINITY COLL CAMBRIDGE MI6/CIA ASSET 1936 JOURNALIST 1940 STOKE-ON-TRENT, STOCKPORT, LONDON 1941 AERONAUTICAL INSPECTION 1943 REUTERS 1944 NEWS CHRONICLE 1945 SYDNEY MORNING […]

The Clandestine Caucus

Lobster Issue Clandestine Caucus (1996)

[PDF file]: […] the Tom Mahl thesis Ken Weller for trusting me with one of his cuttings files Anthony Carew and Ken Fleet for their comments on the text Brian Crozier for being so (relatively) candid in his memoir and providing so many clues Richard Fletcher for his pioneering research in the 1970s, without which none of […]

The Atlantic Semantic

Lobster Issue 67 (Summer 2014)

[PDF file]: […] before and during the life of the SDP, itself largely formulated along a US model.1 Haseler formed the SDA in 1975 with the distanced help of Brian Crozier, with the intention of drawing votes from the Labour Party up to the 1983 election. In a letter to The Times, Crozier alluded to his previous […]

Wilson, MI5 and the rise of Thatcher

Lobster Issue

[…] that point only 18 months from its formal registration as a charity (sic). (11) ISC’s inclusion in this grouping is less surprising than it might look. Brian Crozier, ISC’s founder, had established links with the British domestic antiunion, anti-left organisations in the 1960s. He edited the 1970 anthology We Will Bury You which included […]

Appendices

Lobster Issue 11 (April 1986)

[PDF file]: […] way to a position of prestige in the journalism world.” A hand-written note on the report added: “Run with the knowledge and cooperation of British intelligence.” Brian Crozier became President of FWF in February 1966. (He had known Whitney when Whitney was Ambassador to the UK.) FWF’s managing editor was Iain Hamilton, previously editor […]

Wilson, MI5 and the rise of Thatcher

Lobster Issue 11 (April 1986)

[PDF file]: […] “the driving motivation behind ISC is the defence of free industrial societies against totalitarian encroachments.” This, mark you, when charities are legally incapable of being “political”. 10 Crozier (1970). Other pieces were by W. F. K. Thompson (on ISC’s council), the Rev. Michael Bordeaux, now head of Keston College (see below), and C. H. […]

The view from the bridge

Lobster Issue 92 (2026)

[PDF file]: […] AI Looking for my review of Brian Crozier’s memoir in Lobster, I asked Google (generally better and faster than Lobster’s search engine) for ‘Lobster magazine + Brian Crozier + Free Agent’ and got this from Google AI. Lobster magazine, a British publication focused on intelligence and parapolitics, has frequently covered the career of journalist, […]

L0b 92 Bridge copy

Lobster Issue

[…] AI Looking for my review of Brian Crozier’s memoir in Lobster, I asked Google (generally better and faster than Lobster’s search engine) for ‘Lobster magazine + Brian Crozier + Free Agent’ and got this from Google AI. Lobster magazine, a British publication focused on intelligence and parapolitics, has frequently covered the career of journalist, […]

L0b 92 Bridge copy

Lobster Issue

[…] AI Looking for my review of Brian Crozier’s memoir in Lobster, I asked Google (generally better and faster than Lobster’s search engine) for ‘Lobster magazine + Brian Crozier + Free Agent’ and got this from Google AI. Lobster magazine, a British publication focused on intelligence and parapolitics, has frequently covered the career of journalist, […]

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