Lobster Issue 35 (Summer 1998) £££
[…] times annually by two British eccentrics with a limited distribution to “about 50 like-minded friends.” N.B. It is anti-intelligence, specifically against the Western intelligence services, particularly MI5, MI6 and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The subject matter is apparently varied, eclectic, and highly interesting and informative for intelligence professionals and buffs.’ While good reviews […]
Lobster Issue 26 (1993) £££
[…] around the KGB defector Oleg Gordiefsky. Gordiefsky’s public role, the quid pro quo for the pension he is now receiving, is to bolster the key myth of MI6, that while we may be the junior partner in the intelligence relationship with the U.S., we’re the best, the most subtle and the most reliable — […]
Lobster Issue 45 (Summer 2003) £££
[…] in revolutionary politics. 3 Conspicuous by his absence from the author’s list is Arthur Ransome, recently revelealed to have been been working in the Soviet Union for MI6. 4 See Wilde’s Last Stand by Philip Hoare (1997), reviewed in Lobster 38. 5 Yes, seeds. This seems odd but this is what the author says. […]
Lobster Issue 40 (Winter 2000/1) £££
[…] interest is clear; for example, John Young, of the cryptome site, had received telephone calls on behalf of SIS, asking him to remove the CX95 document (concerning MI6 involvement with a plot to kill Gaddafy) from his website, but refused. But should anything be published on the internet? John Young said they would publish […]
Lobster Issue 26 (1993) £££
[…] ‘Special Intelligence Service’ — sic. Presumably he means Secret Intelligence Service. Stupid mistake or someone trying be clever, pretending they don’t actually know the other name of MI6? ‘At the behest of his intelligence masters’ — there is no evidence that Morris has any intelligence masters and he — while flattered, perhaps — denies […]
Lobster Issue 34 (Winter 1997) £££
[…] and disarmament. Secret Kingdom http://www.cc.umist.ac.uk/sk/index.html ‘An initiation into the very real world of some of the more secretive government and military organisations in the UK.’ e.g. MI5, MI6, GCHQ, SAS, SBS, others. Basic stuff but all we have at the moment; and links e.g. to Mossad, Seals, Green Berets, Special Forces and counter-terrorism site. […]
Lobster Issue 40 (Winter 2000/1) £££
[…] no information about this man’. After the meeting Robertson returned to MI5 headquarters and told ‘Mr White’ (presumably Dick White, later head of MI5 and then of MI6) before telephoning Edinburgh for information. The Assistant to the Regional Officer spoke to Robertson and said that he would ‘make enquiries about the case and let […]
Lobster Issue 56 (Winter 2008/9) £££
[…] counter-terrorism….Examples are drawn from media, political and official sources (some not yet open), and cover not only Defence (including Special Forces), but also the activities of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.’ David Sharrock, ‘D-notice slapped on MoD’s history of censorship, Secrecy and the media, after spat over “turgid” writing’, The Times, 24 October 2008; Jack […]
Lobster Issue 7 (1985) £££
[…] others are more interesting, like Jock Wilson of Scotland Yard, who has a long career in Special Branch and is said to be a link to MI5/ MI6. We apologise for any mistakes: the original was none too clear. If you recognise any of the names please contact us. Thanks to SC for the […]
Lobster Issue 34 (Winter 1997) £££
[…] with hundreds of times the resources of SIS, a ‘man from the FO ’ replied: ‘Ah yes, but you have to take account of the fact that MI6 is the most professional and efficient intelligence in the world. This is not to criticise the Americans, of course, but….'(13) The third theme has been that […]
