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[…] by the British state rings a bell. Patrick Meehan claimed MI5 framed him for murder because he knew something potentially embarrassing about the British state ‘springing’ Soviet spy George Blake from prison;7 Colin Wallace was framed for manslaughter because he knew about MI5’s antiLabour psy-ops in 1974; and Peter Sanderson was framed for robbery […]

View from the bridge

Lobster Issue

[…] by the British state rings a bell. Patrick Meehan claimed MI5 framed him for murder because he knew something potentially embarrassing about the British state ‘springing’ Soviet spy George Blake from prison;7 Colin Wallace was framed for manslaughter because he knew about MI5’s antiLabour psy-ops in 1974; and Peter Sanderson was framed for robbery […]

View from the bridge

Lobster Issue

[…] by the British state rings a bell. Patrick Meehan claimed MI5 framed him for murder because he knew something potentially embarrassing about the British state ‘springing’ Soviet spy George Blake from prison;7 Colin Wallace was framed for manslaughter because he knew about MI5’s antiLabour psy-ops in 1974; and Peter Sanderson was framed for robbery […]

Did the Mossad steal John le Carré’s cunning plan?

Lobster Issue 79 (Summer 2020) FREE

[PDF file]: […] foreword to his 1983 novel The Little Drummer Girl,1 John le Carré 2 thanked the Israeli ‘intelligence fraternity’ for their ‘advice and co-operation’. The author (whose 25th spy thriller, Agent Running in the Field,3 was published by Penguin in October) offered ‘sincere thanks’ to General Shlomo Gazit 4 former head of Aman, Israeli military […]

View from the bridge

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[…] by the British state rings a bell. Patrick Meehan claimed MI5 framed him for murder because he knew something potentially embarrassing about the British state ‘springing’ Soviet spy George Blake from prison;45 Colin Wallace was framed for manslaughter because he knew about MI5’s antiLabour psy-ops in 1974; and Peter Sanderson was framed for robbery […]

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[…] The existence of two secret Main KGB Directorates: the 10th and the 14th. The job of the 10th was to protect Biopreparat and the 14th had to spy and check up on the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defence which was in charge of guarding nuclear weapons. “Who guards the guards?” … […]

View from the bridge

Lobster Issue

[…] The existence of two secret Main KGB Directorates: the 10th and the 14th. The job of the 10th was to protect Biopreparat and the 14th had to spy and check up on the 12th Main Directorate of the Ministry of Defence which was in charge of guarding nuclear weapons. “Who guards the guards?” … […]

The view from the bridge

Lobster Issue 69 (Summer 2015) FREE

[PDF file]: […] his story, headlined ‘MI6 covered up historic child sex abuse ring discovered during surveillance operation’, with this: ‘MI6 infiltrated the Kincora boys’ home in east Belfast to spy on William McGrath’.1 He continued: ‘The ex-intelligence officer said MI6 was ordered to watch the Kincora care home in Belfast in the 1970s because one of […]

Permanent Record by Edward Snowden

Lobster Issue 80 (Winter 2020) FREE

[PDF file]: […] also be subject to court approved warrants: Edward Snowden: Because, so again, it gets back to legitimate secrets and illegitimate secrets. Some spying from my perspective, ‘career spy’ is okay, right? Joe Rogan: Agreed. Edward Snowden: If you have hacked a terrorist phone, and you’re getting some information about that, useful. Joe Rogan: Agreed. […]

The view from the bridge

Lobster Issue

[…] it is the latter, how do they handle the cognitive dissonance they must receive every time they look at a news report? or 11 12 or 13 Spy cops The ‘spy cops’ inquiry has restarted. I went back to the list of groups the Metropolitan Police had thought it worth penetrating.14 This is incomplete […]

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