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01 January 2001

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Whistle down the wind, Paul Donovan. Red Pepper December 2000, pp19-20.

Gerald James was the chairman of the arms company Astra who exposed the illegal arms sales to Iraq scandal during the 1990s. He has since been burgled six times and investigated by 11 government agencies. Donovan investigates this "strategy of harassment" and concludes that there are more "political skeletons...in the locked cupboard."
Slovenia's missing intelligence reform, Blaz Zgaga. Jane's Intelligence Review, November 2000 pp12?13.

Lobster, the journal of parapolitics - CD-ROM

Lobster has produced a tour de force, all issues of Lobster since September 1983, forty issues, on a fully searchable CR-ROM. It costs £51.00 (UK), £51.50 (Europe) and £52.00 (elsewhere) and can be ordered by sending a cheque to: Lobster, 214 Westbourne Avenue, Hull HU5 3JB or can be ordered by credit card from: www.lobster-magazine.co.uk

Secrets, spies and whistleblowers - freddom of expression and national security in the UK. Liberty & Article 19, November 2000, 64 pages.

Excellent reveiw of the state of play on official secrecy, scrutiny by parliament (or lack of it), restrictions on the media and on whistleblowers and the human rights implications. From: Article 19, Lancaster House, 33 Islington High Street, London N1 9LH.

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