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The story of two journalists who investigated an unsolved mass murder in Northern Ireland.Six men were shot dead by Loyalist paramilitaries in the Height's Bar, Loughinisland on the 18th June 1994. No-one has ever been charged or convicted. Episode 4 – Operation YurtaOn the day of the film's Belfast premiere, police announce a new investigation – into the suspected theft of sensitive documents from the Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland.Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney are arrested nine months later and their homes and offices are searched. While they are questioned about four offences - theft, handling stolen goods, unlawfully disclosing personal data and offences under the Official Secrets Act - their legal teams must make an urgent decision.Readings byIan Davidson Steven Calvert Aoibheann McCann Antoinette MorelliA BBC Northern Ireland production

It was a pleasure to review the non-fiction book; "We Need To Talk About Defence", by Andrew R. Curtis OBE. Overall, it is a detailed, and well-crafted read that will do two things. It effectively informs those not familiar with UK specific military terms, jargon and culture, while defining the problem of UK defence management. This segue leads to the author's primary goal, which is to propose a reformation of UK defence management in order to address the modern threat landscape. We Need To Talk About Defence, reviewed UK Defence For the 21st Century The book starts out with a comprehensive glossary of terms. For those not familiar with security and military slang, I would recommend perusing its contents. After setting the context of why you should read this book in a Forward by Sir Richard Barrons, the book moves into chapter one, 'Introduction'. Here, the author sets out to define the UK's peacetime oversights on defence, which have led to structural issues such as too much or too little authority. Chapter one has a detailed, yet coherent account of the UK defence apparatus. It will equip the reader for the following chapters. The author also summarizes historic UK defence management to the current day. Of note is the business of UK defence versus military implementation of defence objectives. The delineation of the two is part of the problem the author wishes to address. As you leave chapter one, it is the author's submission that holistic change should focus on how defence management conducts its day-to-day affairs. Moving Through The Chapters Chapter two, 'Why We Need To Talk About Defence', explores inter-group and inter-personal relations, which allow political creep into areas that can ill afford them. Ukraine, as an example of the deteriorating international threat landscape affecting the UK, demonstrates why the past cannot determine the future of UK defence. Chapter three, 'Acknowledging The Past' walks at a deeper level to chapter one regarding major changes to UK defence. The focus on 'Multi Domain Integration', aka. MDI, and the 'Levene Reforms' are key explorations of UK defence. They also offer clues how misunderstanding context in a fast-evolving threat landscape can lead to strategic oversights. The author introduces the United States Marine Corps, aka. USMC, as a template for military land, sea, and air integration. I agree with the author's opinion that the USMC, as a template, would not automatically work for UK defence. Culture and mission mandate are materially different. Chapter four, 'Learning From The Past', examines current UK defence management in particular. Here, the illustrations move to key figures, such as the non-discretionary GBP14 billion, of GBP52.8 billion in the 2022-23 UK defence budget. While the Official Secrets Act prohibits certain disclosures, top down political oversight, and resulting disjoint to implementation, is a well-made point. Chapter five, 'Looking To The Future', digs into some key points. Ukraine's learned lessons, adversary study of western war-fighting strategies, and more, expose UK defence at a below-the-threshold of war level. A traditionally slim defence mandate has solidified over peacetime to present a threat to UK national security. An acceptance of holistic risk based observations is key to a level of flexibility which the UK and others are wise to accept. Chapter six, 'Canadian Armed Forces Unification', is a case study of good intent that initially failed. It went through three major stages of change in its sixty-year journey to become functional branches under one management roof. Chapter seven, 'The United States Marine Corps', is another case study that delves deeper than in prior chapters into the strengths and weaknesses of the USMC. The author evaluates them against UK defence needs. This includes the latest expansion of the corps into combating 'grey-zone' threats. Chapter eight, 'Modern Defence Forces', is a subjective look at what makes up a moder...

Lt. Cdr. Bijay Nair (Retd.) is a former Naval officer who served for 10 years after being commissioned from the Naval Academy, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. A decorated veteran, he played a key role in Operation Talwaar during the Kargil War (1999) and was honored with the Ops Vijay Star and Vijay Medal. In recognition of his service, he received commendations from the Flag Officer Western Naval Command (2003, 2004) and the Chief of Naval Staff (2006). He is also the author of #TheyInspire, a bestselling book, as well as an ultra-marathoner, Fit India Ambassador, and blogger.You can follow Lt. Cdr. Bijay Nair on: https://www.youtube.com/@LtCdrBijayNairhttps://www.instagram.com/bijaynair/In this episode, Vinamre and Bijay talk about:- Military structure, discipline, and earning respect; why veterans excel in civilian jobs.- Challenges of submarine life, aircraft carriers, and Indian Navy fleet operations.- Naval traditions like the gin pennant, crossing the equator, and eating glass.- The Navy's role in the Kargil War, historical battles, and conscription debate.- Transition to civilian life, leadership skills, the science behind running, and sports recovery.For an in-depth conversation about military life, naval traditions, strategic warfare, and the challenges faced by veterans, don't miss this episode.Timestamps:00:00 - What is the Official Secrets Act?03:41 - When did the NCC fight a war?07:45 - Should mandatory conscription exist?10:30 - A soldier's life after retirement in the civilian world19:30 - The hierarchy in the armed forces25:30 - Why are the armed forces employable?33:26 - How do you win the respect of your seniors?39:20 - What is the southern tip of Mumbai?42:15 - The purpose of naval aircraft carriers (INS Vikramaditya and INS Viraat)54:27 - How tough is submarine life?57:00 - How far did he sail during his tenure, and refueling ships at sea1:00:37 - What does the fleet of Indian Navy ships look like?1:06:22 - Studying historical naval wars1:12:40 - The role of the Navy in the Kargil War1:14:50 - The naval tradition of the captain going down with the ship in war1:20:07 - The gin pennant tradition in the Indian Navy1:26:00 - Crossing the equator and the Navy Ball1:27:12 - Eating glass as a tradition1:28:00 - The science of running and sports massage1:51:05 - Conclusion====================================================================This is the official channel for Dostcast, a podcast by Vinamre Kasanaa. Connect with meLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinamre-kasanaa-b8524496/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinamrekasanaa/Twitter: https://twitter.com/VinamreKasanaaDostcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dostcast/Dostcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dostcastDostcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557567524054====================================================================Contact UsFor business inquiries: dostcast@egiplay.com

When Trevor Birney was arrested by the PSNI in 2018, he was thrown in a police cell and told an incredible tale. His documentary No Stone Unturned had named the man many believed was responsible for the Loughinisland Massacre in 1994. Birney was told by the police that this man's business was being damaged by the documentary and for this reason they could charge him with breaching the Official Secrets Act. On Free State today, Trevor Birney tells the story of how he fought the law and won. He talks too about the day a brave former tabloid journalist from London told him he had seen the future and its name was Kneecap. He looks forward to another contentious project, a movie about Saipan and recalls a day with Roy Keane when it became clear he wouldn't make a film.Miss Part 1 of our conversation with Trevor Birney? Listen here https://shows.acast.com/641338125bde790011089c5b/67c231a315abd9ea5faeac4bFree State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning is a Gold Hat Production in association with SwanMcG.For more on Free State: https://freestatepodcast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2:00 Pam Bondi's “Red Flag”: Guns, Girls' Sports, and Epstein FilesShe cheered Florida's red flag laws post-Parkland, pushed for bump stock bans, and backed raising the rifle-buying age to 21, all while Trump chanted, “Take the guns!” at her side.  Now she's ready to play hardball over boys in men's sports, going beyond removing federal funds.  And then there's the Epstein files…. 17:30Epstein Files: Dirty Secrets—or a Deep State Dodge?Whispers of FBI file-shredding and Trump's inner circle—Acosta, Dershowitz, Lutnik—fuel fears this is just a flashy ruse to dodge the real dirt.  Stay tuned—this is about to get wild! 36:29Lucky Lutnick's 9/11 BOMBSHELL Slip: Bombs, Bonds, and an Epstein DealCommerce Secretary Howard “Lucky” Lutnick, the guy who dodged death on 9/11 when 658 Cantor Fitzgerald employees perished—let slip in a Connie Chung interview that a “bomb” rocked his firm, not planes. Then there's the creepy kicker: he snagged the townhouse next to Jeffrey Epstein's for a measly $10. Coincidence?! 39:11 Reactions to Trump's Shameless “Gaza Strip Casino” AI Video Is Trump that clueless about what it's saying?  Is he that shameless? 45:00 LIVE comments from audience 55:00 AI is Sucking Up All the Power: Both Electrical AND Political A massive tool of tyranny for which money is no object 1:10:22Secret Tunnels of Power: Churchill's Hidden Lair Reopens, Along with a Tale of Cold War C.O.G.Get ready to plunge into history's underbelly! In 2001, Churchill's sealed WWII offices were rediscovered in London—maps and papers frozen in time.  Now secret tunnels, hidden behind an unmarked blue door, cloaked by the UK's Official Secrets Act is about to become a tourist attraction.  These mile-long passages—built by hand in 1940-42—later housed Ian Fleming's spy ops and the Cold War hotline linking the U.S. and USSR. Now, a $149 million plan aims to transform them into a flashy tourist trap.  But will people see what this reveals about the plan to save themselves and let the rest of us die? 1:21:00A Child's Death  in Texas Sparks Outrage Over Measly Details and Vaccine PropagandaWe're told that a child died from measles but the info is “measly” in every sense—meager and maddening — no age, no sex, no health history, no comorbidities—cause of death? “Unvaccinated.”  Reason as well as MSM are doing a copy/paste of Pharma propaganda as they regroup to rebuild confidence in vaccines. 1:32:05Fort Knox, “Trust the Gold”: What is the Trump/Musk PR Purpose?Fresh from dazzling the crowds at Anarchapulco, Tony Arterburn, DavidKnight.gold, joins us to expose the shocking truth behind Fort Knox.  Has the glittering treasure been stolen from the American people even if it's all there?  With Trump and Musk plotting a dramatic walkthrough and the Treasury Secretary spinning audacious lies, is this all a staged spectacle to prop up a crumbling dollar, or the prelude to a global financial reset? And, a congressman tries to impress Trump by proposing a new paper money bill with Trump as the face.  What denomination should it be? 2:15:15Flu Shot Psychic Vaccine Circus CancelledThe FDA's annual meeting to magically predict next winter's flu strains has been scrapped—proof that the whole vaccine game is a sham! With no crystal ball to guess the "mutating" flu, how can they argue efficacy or safety?  Big Pharma begged for a shield because they knew their shots weren't safe. 2:36:15 LIVE comments from audience 2:40:20 USDA? Call it the US De-EggedTrump's new Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins struts onto Fox News with a $1 billion USDA plan to “fix” bird flu—by funneling cash to Big Ag, culling chickens like it's a twisted game of whack-a-mole, and jabbing everything with vaccines! Egg prices —already at record highs— are set to skyrocket over 40% in 2025.  She says they're going to bring in eggs from other countries.  The obvious reason?  No other country is so bird-brained that they'd let their government do this to their food.  This is a clucking disaster! 2:52:15Trump's $5 Million AmericanExpress Citizenship Sale! “Gold Card”, “Green Card”, Who Needs VISA to Pay Down Debt     For just $5 million, “world-class foreigners” as Trump calls them can buy their way into America, no vetting required—just flash the cash,  because only those with high net worth have worth.      Trump's tossing out green cards like confetti to anyone with a degree (yes, even basket weaving counts) and upgrading the deal with a luxurious gold card to help “pay down the deficit.”      What better way to pay down the debt Trump & Biden doubled in 8 yrs than with a credit card metaphor?  Zelensky has more than enough stolen money.  He's just the kind of person we want more of.If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHTFor 10% off supplements and books, go to RNCstore.com and enter the code KNIGHTBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.

2:00 Pam Bondi's “Red Flag”: Guns, Girls' Sports, and Epstein FilesShe cheered Florida's red flag laws post-Parkland, pushed for bump stock bans, and backed raising the rifle-buying age to 21, all while Trump chanted, “Take the guns!” at her side.  Now she's ready to play hardball over boys in men's sports, going beyond removing federal funds.  And then there's the Epstein files…. 17:30Epstein Files: Dirty Secrets—or a Deep State Dodge?Whispers of FBI file-shredding and Trump's inner circle—Acosta, Dershowitz, Lutnik—fuel fears this is just a flashy ruse to dodge the real dirt.  Stay tuned—this is about to get wild! 36:29Lucky Lutnick's 9/11 BOMBSHELL Slip: Bombs, Bonds, and an Epstein DealCommerce Secretary Howard “Lucky” Lutnick, the guy who dodged death on 9/11 when 658 Cantor Fitzgerald employees perished—let slip in a Connie Chung interview that a “bomb” rocked his firm, not planes. Then there's the creepy kicker: he snagged the townhouse next to Jeffrey Epstein's for a measly $10. Coincidence?! 39:11 Reactions to Trump's Shameless “Gaza Strip Casino” AI Video Is Trump that clueless about what it's saying?  Is he that shameless? 45:00 LIVE comments from audience 55:00 AI is Sucking Up All the Power: Both Electrical AND Political A massive tool of tyranny for which money is no object 1:10:22Secret Tunnels of Power: Churchill's Hidden Lair Reopens, Along with a Tale of Cold War C.O.G.Get ready to plunge into history's underbelly! In 2001, Churchill's sealed WWII offices were rediscovered in London—maps and papers frozen in time.  Now secret tunnels, hidden behind an unmarked blue door, cloaked by the UK's Official Secrets Act is about to become a tourist attraction.  These mile-long passages—built by hand in 1940-42—later housed Ian Fleming's spy ops and the Cold War hotline linking the U.S. and USSR. Now, a $149 million plan aims to transform them into a flashy tourist trap.  But will people see what this reveals about the plan to save themselves and let the rest of us die? 1:21:00A Child's Death  in Texas Sparks Outrage Over Measly Details and Vaccine PropagandaWe're told that a child died from measles but the info is “measly” in every sense—meager and maddening — no age, no sex, no health history, no comorbidities—cause of death? “Unvaccinated.”  Reason as well as MSM are doing a copy/paste of Pharma propaganda as they regroup to rebuild confidence in vaccines. 1:32:05Fort Knox, “Trust the Gold”: What is the Trump/Musk PR Purpose?Fresh from dazzling the crowds at Anarchapulco, Tony Arterburn, DavidKnight.gold, joins us to expose the shocking truth behind Fort Knox.  Has the glittering treasure been stolen from the American people even if it's all there?  With Trump and Musk plotting a dramatic walkthrough and the Treasury Secretary spinning audacious lies, is this all a staged spectacle to prop up a crumbling dollar, or the prelude to a global financial reset? And, a congressman tries to impress Trump by proposing a new paper money bill with Trump as the face.  What denomination should it be? 2:15:15Flu Shot Psychic Vaccine Circus CancelledThe FDA's annual meeting to magically predict next winter's flu strains has been scrapped—proof that the whole vaccine game is a sham! With no crystal ball to guess the "mutating" flu, how can they argue efficacy or safety?  Big Pharma begged for a shield because they knew their shots weren't safe. 2:36:15 LIVE comments from audience 2:40:20 USDA? Call it the US De-EggedTrump's new Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins struts onto Fox News with a $1 billion USDA plan to “fix” bird flu—by funneling cash to Big Ag, culling chickens like it's a twisted game of whack-a-mole, and jabbing everything with vaccines! Egg prices —already at record highs— are set to skyrocket over 40% in 2025.  She says they're going to bring in eggs from other countries.  The obvious reason?  No other country is so bird-brained that they'd let their government do this to their food.  This is a clucking disaster! 2:52:15Trump's $5 Million AmericanExpress Citizenship Sale! “Gold Card”, “Green Card”, Who Needs VISA to Pay Down Debt     For just $5 million, “world-class foreigners” as Trump calls them can buy their way into America, no vetting required—just flash the cash,  because only those with high net worth have worth.      Trump's tossing out green cards like confetti to anyone with a degree (yes, even basket weaving counts) and upgrading the deal with a luxurious gold card to help “pay down the deficit.”      What better way to pay down the debt Trump & Biden doubled in 8 yrs than with a credit card metaphor?  Zelensky has more than enough stolen money.  He's just the kind of person we want more of.If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHTFor 10% off supplements and books, go to RNCstore.com and enter the code KNIGHTBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.

Katharine Gun tells Charles Malet about the extraordinary and timeless events surrounding her arrest under the Official Secrets Act whilst a highly dubious case was made for war with Iraq. Read the write-up at: https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/a-defence-of-necessity-breaching-the-official-secrets-act-with-katharine-gun

On 18 June 1994, UVF members burst into a local pub in Loughinisland Co. Down and fired on the customers, killing six and wounding five others. The investigation failed to catch the killers. Journalist Trevor Birney helped make the documentary ‘No Stone Unturned' about the murders but was arrested in 2018 for breaching the Official Secrets Act. After six years of hell, this week Birney and fellow producer Barry McCaffery have now won a major tribunal against the authorities, which stated the PSNI did in fact act unlawfully in their attempt to unmask their sources for the documentary. Host; Fionnán Sheahan, Guest; Trevor Birney See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fifty years ago today New Zealanders woke to the news that Dr Bill Sutch, one of the country's top economists and a former senior civil servant, had been charged with breaching the Official Secrets Act. RNZ's Black Sheep podcast has just released a new episode investigating the Sutch affair. Its host William Ray filed this report.

Dr. Dan Ellin, Historian and Archivist from the International Bomber Command Centre, joins Sean to discuss The Dam Busters (1955).Discussion Points:-Dan discusses his love/hate relationship with the film and it's portrayal of Operation Chastise.-The absence of major motion pictures about RAF Bomber Command.-The importance of collective memory regarding the Second World War. -The use of the Dam Busters march at 'Bomber' Harris's funeral.-The enemies in the film: bureaucrats, Whitehall and red tape.-The fantastic casting in the film.-The incredible flying during the making of the film.-Putting RAF Bomber Command into historical context.-The lack of the raid on the Sorpe Dam in the film.-The impact of the Official Secrets Act on the film.-Sean does his best to translate very English aspects of the film for American listeners. -The optics of history and the loss of nuance. -The influence on this film on George Lucas when he was making Star Wars (1977).-The things that Britain leans back on in times of adversity.Raised Questions:-Do people see RAF Bomber Command as either 'Dam Busters or Dresden'?-Are the historical details faithfully intact?-How important are myths to a country?-Was it really difficult for Barnes Wallis to get the idea for the raid accepted?-Why do the British love an underdog story?-Did the Americans have better PR and spin?-Would you love to see Peter Jackson's The Dam Busters?-Does the film tell the story of what happened rather than what was meant to happen?-Why is Guy Gibson portrayed a certain way in the film?-Does the film lack nuance?-Does the film serve as a good starting point for people who may not know the story of the Dam Busters raid?Further Reading Recommendations:-'Guy Gibson' by Richard Morris.-'Dam Buster Barnes Wallis: An Engineers Life' by Richard Morris.-'The Fire' (Original Title: Der Brand) by Jorg Friedrich.-'The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany' by Noble Frankland and Charles Webster.-The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1960) and Elidor (1965) by Alan Garner.Film/Documentary Recommendations:-They Shall Not Grow Old (2018).-Dambusters Declassified (2010) with Martin Shaw. -Inspector George Gently (2007-2017).-Judge John Deed (2001-2007).-The Guns of Navarone (1961).-The Heroes of Telemark (1965).-The Carling Black Label adverts.Podcast Recommendations:-History Rage.-Never Mind The Dambusters.Thanks for Listening!Find us here: X: @YourselfReviewInstagram: reviewityourselfpodcast2021YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ReviewItYourself⁠ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Armed with the diary, Tam Dalyell goes on the attack – but the cover-up continues. A whistleblower from within the Ministry of Defence is arrested for a breach of the Official Secrets Act.The Belgrano Diary is a new six-part series from the Documentary Team at the London Review of Books, hosted by Andrew O'Hagan. We've brought a selection of relevant writing from the LRB archive – including pieces by Tam Dalyell, who plays an important part in the story – in front of the paywall for the duration of the series: lrb.me/thebelgranodiaryEpisode 5 will be released on 25 April. If you'd prefer not to wait, you can listen to the whole series NOW, as well as exclusive interviews and other bonus material, all for a one-off payment of just £4.99 at: https://lrb.me/belgranodiaryscArchive: ‘The Scottish Independence Podcast – Episode 172'/Michael Greenwell, Parliamentary Recording Unit Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak chastised China's premier on Sunday for “unacceptable” interference in British democracy, after a newspaper reported that a researcher in Parliament was arrested earlier this year on suspicion of spying for Beijing.  Sunak said he raised the issue with Premier Li Qiang when the two met at a Group of 20 summit in India. He told British broadcasters in New Delhi that he'd expressed “my very strong concerns about any interference in our parliamentary democracy, which is obviously unacceptable.”  The two men met after the Metropolitan Police force confirmed that a man in his 20s and a man in his 30s were arrested in March under the Official Secrets Act. Neither has been charged and both were bailed until October pending further inquiries.  The Sunday Times reported that the younger man was a parliamentary researcher who worked with senior lawmakers from the governing Conservatives, including Alicia Kearns, who now heads the powerful Foreign Affairs Committee, and her predecessor in that role, Tom Tugendhat, who is now security minister. The newspaper said the suspect held a pass that allows full access to the Parliament buildings, issued to lawmakers, staff and journalists after security vetting.  Tensions between Britain and China have risen in recent years over accusations of economic subterfuge, human rights abuses and Beijing's crackdown on civil liberties in the former British colony of Hong Kong.  Britain's Conservatives are divided on how tough a line to take with Beijing and on how much access Chinese firms should have to the U.K. economy. More hawkish Tories want Beijing declared a threat, but Sunak has referred to China's growing power as a “challenge.”  Former U.K. Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith said news of the March arrests “gives the lie to the government's attempt not to see China as a systemic threat.”  U.K. spy services have sounded ever-louder warnings about Beijing's covert activities. In November, the head of the MI5 domestic intelligence agency, Ken McCallum, said “the activities of the Chinese Communist Party pose the most game-changing strategic challenge to the U.K.” Foreign intelligence chief Richard Moore of MI6 said in July that China was his agency's “single most important strategic focus.”  In January 2022, MI5 issued a rare public alert, saying a London-based lawyer was trying to “covertly interfere in U.K. politics” on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party. It alleged attorney Christine Lee was acting in coordination with the Chinese ruling party's United Front Work Department, an organization known to exert Chinese influence abroad.  An opposition Labour Party lawmaker, Barry Gardiner, received more than 500,000 pounds ($685,000) from Lee between 2015 and 2020, mostly for office costs, and her son worked in Gardiner's office. Lee and the Chinese government both deny wrongdoing.  China has repeatedly criticized what it calls British interference in its internal affairs and denied meddling in the politics of foreign nations.  Sunak and Li met days after Foreign Secretary James Cleverly visited Beijing, the highest-level trip by a British politician to China for several years. Chinese President Xi Jinping did not attend the G20 meeting in India. Sunak defended his approach of cautious engagement, saying “there's no point carping from the sidelines – I'd rather be in there directly expressing my concerns, and that's what I did today.”  - by Jill Lawless, APSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A former British soldier awaiting trial on terror charges who appears to have escaped from a London prison by strapping himself to the underside of a food delivery truck remained at large Thursday as police stepped up security checks across the United Kingdom amid concerns he may try to flee the country. Opposition parties linked the escape to years of financial austerity, while Britain's Conservative government said an independent investigation will take place “in due course” into how Daniel Abed Khalife managed to slip out of the medium-security Wandsworth Prison, which opened in 1851 during the reign of Queen Victoria. His escape has prompted extra security checks at major transport hubs, particularly in and around the Port of Dover, the main boat crossing from England to France. Britain's justice secretary told lawmakers that “no stone must be left unturned in getting to the bottom of what happened” as he confirmed an “independent investigation into this incident.” Alex Chalk also said “urgent” reviews into prison categorization would be carried out as questions remained over how Khalife wasn't being held at a maximum-security facility such as Belmarsh Prison in east London. Khalife, 21, is accused of planting fake bombs at a military base and of violating Britain's Official Secrets Act by gathering information “that could be useful to an enemy.” He was discharged from the British army after his arrest earlier this year and had denied the allegations. His trial is set for November. Chalk said Khalife, who had been working in a kitchen at the prison, escaped at around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, when a vehicle that had made a delivery left. Shortly afterward, he said, contingency plans for an unaccounted prisoner were activated and police were informed. The vehicle, he added, was subsequently stopped and searched by police after the alert was raised. “Strapping was found underneath the vehicle which appeared to indicate that Daniel Khalife may have held onto the underside of it in order to escape,” Chalk said. More than 150 investigators and police staff are on the case, according to Metropolitan Police Commander Dominic Murphy, who is the lead investigator. “We have issued a nationwide alert that has resulted in increased security at our ports and borders, however currently there have not been any confirmed sightings," he said. Opposition politicians have sought to pin the blame on the Conservative government, which has been in power since 2010. Many U.K. prisons, including Wandsworth, are over capacity and short of staff. The escape could hardly have come at a worse time for a government that is already scrambling to get all schools to reopen for the new academic year amid concerns over crumbling concrete. “It simply beggars belief that a man being held on suspected terror charges was able to escape a prison by clinging to the bottom of a food delivery van,” said Shabana Mahmood, the justice spokesperson for the main opposition Labour Party. “How is such an escape even possible?” Charlie Taylor, who scrutinizes detention facilities in England in his role as the chief inspector of prisons, said staff shortages are “the source of many problems” at Wandsworth. Taylor said it “should be standard practice” for vehicles entering and leaving the prison to be checked and a prisoner has to earn a “certain level of trust” in order to be allowed to work in a kitchen. “But the issue that we are particularly concerned about is there are too many prisoners in Wandsworth for the amount of staff who are there," he said. "And that ultimately is the source of many of the problems in the jail.” In an annual review, published in July, Wandsworth Prison was deemed to be a “serious concern." The prison, which is in the middle of a residential area, holds around 1,600 defendants appearing at London courts and offenders due to be released in five wings. - by Pan Pylas, APSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A manhunt has been launched after a former soldier awaiting trial on terror charges escaped from a London prison. Daniel Abed Khalife had been accused of planting fake bombs at a military base and allegedly breaching the Official Secrets Act. UK correspondent Enda Brady says he reportedly escaped by clinging on to the underside of a food delivery van. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alvi claims he did not sign bills amending the Official Secrets Act and the Army Act, which have been criticized for curbing freedom of expression and political participation in Pakistan.

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This week on the blog, a podcast interview with writer/director Nicholas Meyer about his work on the Adrian Brody “Houdini” mini-series, as well as thoughts on Sherlock Holmes, Star Trek, Time After Time and more.LINKSA Free Film Book for You: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/cq23xyyt12Another Free Film Book: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/x3jn3emga6Fast, Cheap Film Website: https://www.fastcheapfilm.com/Behind the Page Nicholas Meyer Interview Part One: https://tinyurl.com/3f7mbzerBehind the Page Nicholas Meyer Interview Part Two: https://tinyurl.com/ms3tm45fNicholas Meyer website: https://www.nicholas-meyer.com/Eli Marks Website: https://www.elimarksmysteries.com/Albert's Bridge Books Website: https://www.albertsbridgebooks.com/YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/BehindthePageTheEliMarksPodcast***Nicholas Meyer – TranscriptJohn Gaspard: Do you remember what it was that caused your dad to write that book? Nicholas Meyer: I know something about it. He was interested, the subjects that kind of absorbed his attention were the sons of passive or absent fathers. This was a topic which probably originated from his experiences with his own father, my grandfather, who was a very interesting man and a kind of a world beater, but who spent so much of his time doing what they said in The Wizard of Oz—being a philip, philip, philip, a good deed doer—that he didn't have enough time for fathering. He was not a bad man at all, quite a conscientious one. But the parenting was left to his wife and I think my father missed and was affected by not having an involved father. And I think that a colleague of my dad's said to him Houdini, that's the guy for you. And that's how he did it. I'm only sorry that he didn't live to see the two-night television series based on his book. Jim Cunningham: I enjoyed it immensely as a Houdini fan. It was fascinating and fun and Adrian Brody is terrific, as is the woman who plays Bess. I thought I knew a lot about Houdini and there was a lot in there that I did not know. And I really enjoyed the opening to it, which suggests that it's all fact and all fiction, and it's our job to figure out which is which. How did you come to being involved with the TV mini-series about your dad's book?Nicholas Meyer: I have been friends and worked for many years with a television producer named Jerry Abrams. I started working with Jerry in 1973 with the first teleplay that I wrote was for a television movie called Judge Dee in the Haunted Monastery. There was a—China apparently invented everything first, including detective stories—and a circuit court judge in the seventh century, Judge Dee Jen Jay, solved mysteries and people wrote detective stories about him and now there are movies about him. But back in 1972, or something like that, and I had just come to Hollywood and was looking for work and didn't know anybody. And I met Jerry Abrams and I met a director named Jeremy Kagan and I'm happy to say both of these gentlemen are alive and still my friends. They gave me a shot to write this Judge Dee in the Haunted Monastery because I think ABC thought they were going to get a Kung Fu movie out of it, which it wasn't. But it was a television movie with an all Asian cast. The monastery in question was the old Camelot castle on the Warner Brothers lot and that's where I met Jerry. And Jerry and I've been friends ever since. Jerry's son is JJ Abrams, who directs movies. Anyway, Jerry said to me a couple of years ago, let's do Houdini and I said, Oh, funny, you should say that because my dad wrote a very interesting book about Houdini. I would be interested if it were based on his book. I would only be interested and that's how it got made.John Gaspard: What was your process? Did you know it would be two nights going in? Did you know it's going to be that long? How did you get started and what other resources did you use, because I know there's stuff mentioned in the movie that I don't remember being in your dad's books. You must have had to dig a little bit.Nicholas Meyer: There's a lot of books about Houdini, that I read many, many books, because my dad's book is distinguished—if one could call it that—by being the only book of all the books about Houdini that attempts some inner explanation of his psychological process. The why? Why would you do this? Why do you feel the need to do this? Other books will tell you what Houdini did, and some will tell you how he did it. But my dad's book, as I say, it kind of explores the why of it. And so I read these other books to supplement the rest of the how and the why and I've amassed quite a large Houdini library. When I say large, probably compared to yours not so much, but I must have like 10 books about Houdini and flying aeroplanes and Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle and spiritualism and so forth. So, yes, I read all those to supplement what I was trying to condense. I don't remember whether at this point whether it was proposed as two nights or three nights or whatever. I also know that if it hadn't been for Adrian Brody agreeing to play Houdini, it never would have happened. They weren't going to do it without a star.Jim Cunningham: He's great.John Gaspard: I was telling Jim earlier, before you got on, that my wife was kind enough to sit down and watch it with me. She's always worried in things like this, that she's going see how something's done. She doesn't want to know how magic is done at all. And when we got to the end, she said, “Houdini seems so nice. He's such a likeable guy.” And I think that's really more Adrian Brody.Nicholas Meyer: Oh, yeah. The Adrian Brody. As I say, the movie would not have got made without Adrian. I'm not sure that he wasn't to a large degree cast against type. I think Houdini was a guy with ants in his pants, a kind of frenetic character. And I don't think when you read about him in any detail, that he was what you'd call nice. I think he was a person who had a lot of charm that he could switch on and off like a tap. And I think this is one of the things that my dad's book brings out, and we tried to bring it out in the movie: that Houdini's whose own father was a failure of flop and absent parent. So, I think Houdini spent a lot of his life looking for substitutes or alternative father figures. And I think the first one he probably stumbled on was the French magician Robert-Houdin, from whom he took his name. And I think Houdini's pattern, at least according to my dad's reading of it, was to find father figures and fall hard for them, only to ultimately become disenchanted and alienated and furious with them. Probably, because ultimately, they weren't his real father. But I think there was something like that going on. John Gaspard: Yes, it's pretty clear that's what happened with Doyle as well. Nicholas Meyer: Yes, but he had better reason than in some other cases to be disenchanted with Doyle because Doyle's Atlantic City séance with Lady Doyle, Houdini ultimately regarded as a real betrayal. Because he decided, probably correctly, that the contact with his mother via Lady Doyle doing spirit writing was fake. And by the way, it's not that Mrs. Doyle or Lady Doyle might not have believed what she was doing. It just didn't track for two reasons: Houdini experienced this contact with his mother, and he was as obsessed with her as he was with the fact of an absent father. And he was so overcome when she spoke to him via the spirit writing that it was a couple of days before he realized that his mother didn't speak a word of English. And she had communicated via lady Doyle in English, she only spoke Yiddish. Doyle got around this difficulty by explaining that the medium in this case, Lady Doyle, worked as a kind of simultaneous translator. And Houdini said, yeah, but—and this was the second item—it was his birthday. And she never mentioned it and she always sent him something on his birthday. And he then denounced Doyle and Lady Doyle, as quote, menaces to mankind.John Gaspard: So, were you involved in a day-to-day way with production? And I'm wondering why you didn't direct it?Nicholas Meyer: I was involved. The whole movie was shot in Budapest, everything and I was involved. I was not invited to direct. I have not directed really since the death of my wife in 1993. I had two small children to raise and by the time it was, like, possible for me to go back since they are now grown up and busy. I was sort of out of a game. John Gaspard: Oh, that's too bad. You're a terrific director.Nicholas Meyer: I'm not arguing with you.John Gaspard: So, once you were scripting it, and you were using other sources, how concerned were you about this is fact, this is fiction?Nicholas Meyer: That's a very good question and it doesn't just apply to Houdini. It applies largely to the whole issue of dramatizing the stories based on real events. And by the way, you could make the case in a way that there's no such thing as fiction; that all fiction ultimately can be traced back to something real. I'll give you two examples off the top of my head: one, Moby Dick was based on a real Whale called Mocha Dick because of his color; and, as Heinrich Schliemann proved, when he discovered Troy, most legends, most myths have their origins somewhere in the mists of time, in some kind of reality. It turns out there was a place called Troy. So, he was not far off the mark. It's a knotty question with a “k” how much we owe to fact and how much we get to mush around and dramatize? And the answer has to be inevitably elastic. The problem is that people are neither taught, nor do they read history anymore. We are not taught civics. We are not taught history. Nobody knows anything and so by default, movies and television are where we get our history, and that history is not always truthful. It is dramatized for example, in that Academy Award winning movie, The Deer Hunter, we learn that the North Vietnamese made American prisoners of war in Vietnam, play Russian roulette. There is no evidence, no historical evidence that they ever did any such thing. And yet, if you're getting your history from the movies, that's what you see and someone said that seeing is believing. In any case, you have to sort of always be looking over your own shoulder when you are dramatizing history and realizing that, yes, you can tell a story with scope, dates and characters. But what's the point where you cross a line and start inventing things out of whole cloth? I'll give you another example: was Richard the Third really the monster that Shakespeare portrays? Now, remember, Shakespeare is writing for the granddaughter of the man who killed Richard the Third and usurped his throne and called himself king. You could make a very different case that that guy was a scumbag and that Richard was not, but you know, Shakespeare was in business. The Globe Theatre was a money-making operation and Henry the Seventh's granddaughter was the Queen of England. So, there are a lot of variables here. When you sit down to dramatize, I've worked for the History Channel and I can tell you the history channel will not make a movie where Americans look bad. The History Channel will not make a movie that questions any point in our own history. Our right to the moral high ground. It's a point of view and they have a demographic and Americans don't want to be shown any of their own flaws or asked to think about them. Jim Cunningham; Well, who does? Can I ask questions about the espionage? Part of what I witnessed last night, although I had sort of a vague memory, that there is some espionage connection or perhaps connection? In the first episode that he was working for at least the American government and perhaps the English government as well. Is there evidence for that?Nicholas Meyer: Circumstantial evidence.Jim Cunningham: Yes, and I suppose that it could still be even at this late date protected in some way in terms of, I don't know them, not admitting, or maybe no real hard evidence exists anymore, right?Nicholas Meyer: I'm more inclined to think that no real hard evidence exists. Although we all know that somebody said, truth is the daughter of time. But a lot of evidence has for a lot of things, not merely in this country, but also England has been redacted and eliminated and buried. You know, how many of your listeners know the story of Alan Turing? Alan Turing may have shortened World War Two by as much as two years by inventing the computer that helped break the German Enigma code. Alan Turing signed the Official Secrets Act which meant that his wartime work could never be revealed. Alan Turing was gay. After the war was over, Alan Turing was arrested on a morals and decency charge and he could not tell the world who he was and so he was sentenced to some kind of chemical castration, I believe and he killed himself. And all of this remained a secret for the next 55 years before the world's, you know, learned and suddenly there was a play called Breaking the Code and then there was the Enigma novel by Robert Harris and then there was the movie, which is very inaccurate, and very troublesome to me, The Imitation Game. Because in The Imitation Game, the first thing he does when he's arrested, is tell the cop who he is. With a crushing irony, as well as inaccuracy, is it there's no way he was allowed to tell. That was the price you pay when you sign the Official Secrets Act. So that movie kind of bugged me. Whereas for example, Enigma, which I think is one of my favorite movies, doesn't bug me at all because it doesn't call him Alan Turing and therefore, he's not gay, and it's a different story entirely spun out of inspired by, but not pretending to be Alan Turing.Jim Cunningham: Well, now I'm gonna have to watch that movie because I don't think I've seen it. Nicholas Meyer: You never saw Enigma?Jim Cunningham: I don't believe I saw Enigma.Nicholas Meyer: It's the only movie produced by Mick Jagger and Lorne Michaels, written by Tom Stoppard. Kate Winslet, Dougray, Scott, Jeremy Northam. Anyway, it's a fantastic movie, but you have to watch it like five times in order to understand everything that's going on because Tom Stoppard is not going to make it easy.John Gaspard: Just a quick side note here. I remember reading somewhere that Mick Jagger was a possible first choice for Time After Time Nicholas Meyer: Yeah, for Jack the Ripper. John Gaspard: Okay, interesting. I prefer the choice you came up with.Nicholas Meyer: Well, when they—Warner Brothers—were trying to sort of figure out how to make this movie, quote, commercial (they were so surprised when it was a hit), they suggested Mick Jagger as Jack the Ripper. And he was in LA at the time touring and I really didn't understand the politics of not just filmmaking, but you know, sort of office politics generally. And my first reply was no, you know, you might believe him as the Ripper, but you'd never believe him—or I didn't think you would believe him—as a Harley Street surgeon. And they said, You mean you won't even meet him? And that's when I said, oh, okay, I get it. I have to agree to meet. So I met him and then I said, fellas, I still don't, you know, think this can work. And so we went on to David Warner.Jim Cunningham: I think that was the first film I became aware of David Warner and of course, it colored my opinion of David Warner for everything I've seen him in since, including him as Bob Cratchit in a version of A Christmas Carol. I kept thinking to myself, don't turn your back on him. He's a killer. He's a stone-cold killer, because of Time After Time, which is still one of my favorite movies.Nicholas Meyer: Oh, thank you so much.John Gaspard: We promised not to geek out too much. But I have to tell you that the hotel room scene between him and McDowell, I still pull up once or twice a year to look at the writing and the acting in that scene. “You're literally the last person on Earth expected to see.” They're both so good in that scene.Nicholas Meyer: They are that, they are.John Gaspard: I think you mentioned in your memoir in passing that when you did The 7% Solutionthere was some back and forth with the Doyle estate. We—Jim and I—have a friend, Jeff Hatcher, who wrote the screenplay for Mr. Holmes, which is based on a book. Once the movie came out, it did run into some issues with the Doyle estate, because the writer had taken some characteristics of Holmes from the later books …Nicholas Meyer: It's all bullshit. All that is bullshit. The Doyle estate, which was once the richest literary estate in the world, was run into the ground by his descendants and their in laws and they don't care anything about Sherlock Holmes. All they care about is money. And what they try to do is to stick up movie companies and book companies and say you've got to pay. And back when Holmes legitimately fell into copyright, which is when I wrote The 7% Solution, yes, I had to pay and I understood that. I mean, I didn't understand it when I wrote the book because I was a kid. But I understood it when it was explained to me. What since happened is they continue, even though he's out of copyright, to try to pretend that he is or that one or two stories are etc. My friend, Les Clinger, who is a business manager but also happens to be a lawyer and a Holmes' enthusiast, took the estate to court and won. He broke that bullshit stranglehold that they were trying to exercise on anybody who wanted to write or create or make a movie about Holmes. Now, it's also true that big companies like Warner Brothers, or Paramount or something, if they make a Sherlock Holmes movie, and the Doyle estate comes sniffling to their door, find it cheaper to say, here's $10,000, Go away, than it is to bother to do what Les did, which was take them to court. It's just, it's blackmail, you've all seen the Godfather, you know, give me a little something to wet my beak is what this is all about. I have nothing good to say about them and what they did with Mr. Holmes, your friend's movie, was they waited until the movie was about to come out before they hit him.John Gaspard: Jim, I should mention, you probably don't know this, that and this is the truth, the man we're talking to is the man for whom the thing at the beginning of a DVD that says the opinions expressed here are not those of this company. He's the reason that's on DVDs. Jim Cunningham: Is that right?Nicholas Meyer: Yes, I will explain because I'm very proud of it. I've made a couple of contributions to civilization. One of them is the movie The Day After, it's my nuclear war movie. And the other is this little sign. And it happened when they were preparing the DVD release of Star Trek Two: the Wrath of Khan. I was interviewed and asked to explain my contributions to the making the movie, the script, the directing, etc. So, I told the story about how I came to write the script. And the DVD lady who subsequently became a very good friend of mine said, “Gee, the lawyers say we can't use any of what you told us.” And I said, “And why is that?” And she said, Paramount was worried about getting in trouble with the Writers Guild, because you are not credited as the author and you wrote this sort of under the table, the script. And I said, Well, why don't you just take me out of the whole DVD? Because if I can't tell the truth about it, I don't want to be in it.And she said, “That's what I hoped you would say. Now, I've got some ammo.” So, she went back and she came back and she said, okay, here's the deal. And the deal now applies to every studio. “The opinions expressed in this interview, are not those of Paramount Pictures, its employees or affiliates.” What this does is it stops those interviews from being bullshit puff pieces and allows them to become oral histories. Now, different people may have different oral histories of the same thing. You put them all on the DVD, but suddenly, you've opened up a whole world to telling things that really happened or that the tellers think really happened, or are their opinions without the studio, worried that they're going to be sued, because of that little disclaimer. And they all have that now and that's my contribution.Jim Cunningham: It's great. Now, I promised John before this interview that I would not talk Star Trekwith you, but since you've opened the door a little bit here. Now, that you say that you wrote Wrath of Khan under the table, can you just flesh that out for me? It might not ever be in the podcast, but I'm an incredible Star Trek fan. So, I'm interested in this story.Nicholas Meyer: Well, very quickly, I knew nothing about Star Trek when I met Harve Bennett, the producer of what was going to be the second Star Trek movie. He showed me the first movie. He showed me some of the episodes and I got kind of a jones to make an outer space, a space opera. And I realized once I started to familiarize myself with Captain Kirk that he reminded me of Captain Hornblower, which were the books by CS Forester that I read when I was a kid, about a captain in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, who had adventures and a girl in every port, which sounded good to me. I was 12. I think it was 13 or something and so I thought, “Oh, this is Hornblower and outer space. This is destroyers. This is submarines.” So, I made a deal with Paramount and Harve Bennett to direct a Star Trek movie for them, which was going to be their second movie. And Harve said, draft five of the script is coming in. So, I went home and waited for draft five. And, you know, I looked up and it was three or four weeks later and wondered whatever happened, because I was starting to think about spaceships and stuff like that. And he said, “Oh, I can't send you the script. It's not good. I can't.” I said, “Well, what about draft four, draft three, whatever?” And he said, “You don't understand. All these different drafts are simply separate attempts to get another Star Trek movie. They're unrelated.”And I said, “Well send them all to me. I want to read them.” And he said, “Really?” I said, “Yeah.”And in those days, you didn't hit Send. A truck, drove up, a van, and it had a lot of scripts. And I'm a very slow reader and I started. I read all these scripts and then I said, “Why don't you and your producing partner, Robert Salem, come up to my house and let's have a chat about this because I have an idea.” And so they showed up, and I had my ubiquitous legal pad and I said, “Why don't we make a list of everything we like in these five scripts? It could be a major plot. It could be a subplot. It could be a sequence. It could be a scene. It could be a character, it could be a line of dialogue, I don't care. Let's just make the list and then I'll try to write a new screenplay that incorporates as many of these elements as we pick.” And they didn't look happy and I thought, I don't get a lot of ideas. This was my idea and I said, “What's wrong? What's wrong with that?”And they said, “Well, the problem is that if we don't have a screenplay within 12 days, Industrial Light and Magic, the special effects house for the movie, say they can't deliver the shots in time for the June opening.” And I said, “What June opening? “And I only directed one movie in my life, and these guys had booked the theatres for a movie that didn't exist. And I said, “Well, okay, I'll try to do this in 12 days, but we got to pick the stuff now.” And they still weren't happy. And I said, “So, what is it? What's the problem?” And they said, “Well, you know, let's be honest, we couldn't even make your deal in 12 days.” And at this point, I was like, foaming at the mouth. I said, “Look, guys, forget the deal. Forget the money. Forget the credit. I'm not talking about directing. We've already got that signed, sealed and delivered. But if we don't do this, now, there's gonna be no movie, yes or no?” And I was an idiot, because I at that point gave away you know, what turned out to be significant. So, I didn't invent Kirk meets his son. I didn't invent Khan. I didn't invent Savak. I didn't invent the Genesis Planet. I didn't invent any of those things. I just took them and played with them like a Rubik's Cube and poured my, essentially it's all my dialogue, Harve wrote a few lines, but I wrote most of it.John Gaspard: Well, it certainly worked.Jim Cunningham: Oh, boy. Yeah, absolutely. And I will not bring up The Undiscovered Countrybecause I promised John I wouldn't. The 7% Solution is very interesting. You took one thing, and you extrapolated out from that an entire kind of reality about Holmes that had not been explored. And it's similar to kind of what your father did with Houdini. And did that ever occur to you that there was there's a similarity there somehow?Nicholas Meyer: Well, I did 7% before he did Houdini.Jim Cunningham: He owes you then.Nicholas Meyer: Oh, yeah. He does. It's interesting. I was not the first person to put together Holmes and Freud. In fact, Freud knew that he'd been compared to Holmes. Freud loved to read Sherlock Holmes stories. That was his bedtime reading and at some point, he even wrote in one of his case histories, “I follow the labyrinth of her mind, Sherlock Holmes-like until it led me to…” So he knew about this comparison. And there was a doctor at Yale, a famous psychiatrist/drug expert, who wrote a paper that my father gave me to read about Holmes, Freud and the cocaine connection. Because Holmes is a cocaine user and for a time, so was Freud. And when my book came out and was the number one best-selling novel in the United States for 40 weeks, I got sued by this doctor at Yale for plagiarism. This is like the first successful thing I'd ever done in my life and this guy was saying I ripped him off. Because he was probably walking across campus and people were saying, “Hey, doc, hey, professor, that guy in the New York Times you ripped you off.”So, I got sued. This is how you know you're hot is when you get sued. But it was devastating to me. It was devastating and it was expensive, because I had to defend myself. I had a lawyer and the lawyer said, “They have no case. We will ask for something called summary judgment.” And I said, “Does that mean we have to wait till July?” And he goes, no, no, no, it's not about that x couldn't resist summary judgment. Yeah, that happened in the summertime.Summary judgment turns out to mean that the facts of the case are not in dispute. No one can dispute that I read his essay. I put it in my acknowledgments. I thanked him. I read it. The question is, what is the definition of plagiarism? It turns out, you cannot copyright an idea. You can only copyright the expression of an idea. The words. I hadn't used his words. I haven't used any of his. I didn't write an academic paper. I wrote a novel. I wrote a story. So, I won and then he appealed and I won again, end of story. So, it didn't originate with me, nothing originates with me. Moby Dick was based on another whale. Emma Bovary was a real person, on and on and on. If you read the history or a biography, you understand that in good faith, efforts have been made to lay out the facts. But when you read a historical novel, you understand that the facts have been mushed around and dramatized, that the author has assumed the dramatist's privilege, his prerogative, to help things along. There's an Italian phrase, se non è vero, è ben trovato. If it didn't happen that way, it should have. I'll give you another example: Queen Elizabeth the first and her cousin and rival Mary Queen of Scots, whom Elizabeth subsequently had beheaded, never met in real life. They'd never met. But of all the 4,622 movies, plays, operas, novellas, ballets, whatever that are, they always meet. Because it ain't cool if they don't meet. John Gaspard: It's a better story.Nicholas Meyer: It's a better story.

This is an interview we have wanted to do for a while now after falling down a rabbit hole while reading an Alex Jones article a few months ago asking whether 5G was a weapons system. The topic of 5G is widely regarded as a tin-foil hat, crackpot theory by many but after the last 3 years we have learned not to trust those in authority and to keep an open mind as those in governance are often the enemy. Mark Steele is a weapons expert who has previously worked on projects for the Ministry of Defence, specialising in directional weapons systems, electromagnetic radiation weapons, direct energy weapons, EMP's, weather modification weapons and he never shies away from what he considers the big picture. In our discussion he looks at the roll out of 5G and asks the big question: Is 5G safe and effective or is it a weapons system? It is all food for thought, be receptive to new ideas, never be afraid of asking the question and be ready for an answer that you don't always expect. Mark Steele is a British engineer, inventor, patent writer and weapons research scientist; an engineer with a materials science background, and inventor of the world's first binocular optical wave guides, weapons sight systems, infrared thermal imaging head up displays, molecular reactors, signal processing, and transducer design, to name a limited few. As Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at the company that designed and brought to market the world's first internationally approved head up display (HUD) product, accredited with a number of innovation awards, but more importantly regulated to a number of internationally recognized standards, including (DOT) Department of Transport ECE 22.05, as well as ANSI and others, he was relied upon in the establishment of international standards for augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) HUD systems. Mark's involvement with several research and development projects spans his entire working career and includes some of a sensitive nature due to Official Secrets Act 1911 restrictions and therefore he is not at liberty to disclose these in a public domain; suffice to say this work has led to an understanding of Department of Defense (DOD) contracts, the compartmentalization of weapon product design projects, and Directed Energy Weapons (DEW), whose existence has until recently been obscured and sometimes denied. For more information..... https://www.saveusnow.org.uk/ Interview recorded 30.1.23 *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Please like, subscribe and share! [0:22] Hello, Hearts of Oak. Welcome to another interview on a completely different topic. Mark Steele is about to join us and it is on 5G, whether it's damaging, dangerous, unsafe. It's a topic that's come up a lot and Mark Steele is certainly a name that always pops up when you look at this issue. He has worked on this, studied this for a long time, the dangers of electromagnetic radiation generally and 5G and the negative aspect of that, whether it's planned or not, whether it's a kill weapon. I've heard that phrase used. Actually that phrase I think I read from Alex Jones last year where Alex Jones leads, I think we all follow eventually. That's one thing I've learned. But over the last three years, I think we've called into question so many things and 5G I think fits into that box of things that some of us have begun to question. When we're told the vaccines are safe and effective, I think we can ask same about 5G. Is that safe and effective as well? So the same question. [1:24] Great conversation with Mark. We talked all about his background, looked at the 5G rollout, looked at why it's dangerous, looked at how it can be used. A lot in, in 45 minutes. We could have gone a lot longer, but it is a big subject and it's good to, I think, keep it short, certainly for the first time. So I know you'll enjoy Mark Steele immensely. So here he is.   It's wonderful to have Mark Steele with us to unpack this. Mark, thank you for your time today. [1:55] Thanks Pete, that's just great to be on eventually so we can get the information about what's really going on. I'm here now, the privilege of meeting Mark back end of last year and I kept meaning to come back to him and arrange a time to come on and hadn't and it was actually a friend over in the US had sent me an article on 5G and Mark's name was mentioned and I remembered I need To get Mark on. So great to have you on. SaveUsNow.org.uk, you're very much involved in that. Actually, it's a political party, but there's a lot of information there as well. Do you want to maybe introduce yourself and touch on Save Us Now as well? [2:41] All right. Well, I've got a background, an engineering background. I'm an inventor, a patent writer and I've been involved in a number of projects over many, many years. I've spent well over. You know, 35 years in research and development, I've developed my own products, I've brought them to market. So I understand the, you know, the different types of, you know, how you go about taking something as an invention and then actually bring it to market. So through international standards, etc., all products have and are required to fit within some type of standardized regime. For safety. So you can't just be you know manufacturing things and send them across the world and them not being able to be safe to customers because obviously you're going to end up in a bit of trouble there. And what we've found is [3:34] A lot of this technology, they call it killer tech for a reason. Pretty lethal. I got myself exercised about the virtual reality headsets, you know, the VR headsets. I mean, how they got away with that, I'm not really sure how that's even trying to get away with it or even thinking that they can continue getting away with it. Not only does it make you sick, that optical radiation is extremely problematic. You kind of just, you know, focus optical radiation in people's eyes, but that's it. It's a whole other story to 5G. but it is interconnected. You know, the whole virtual world, this whole cloud computing network. [4:11] And what we did, I found in the early part of 2016, my local council had fitted LED streetlights with these antennas where they were spraying a lot of radiation, basically a spine piece of equipment, 5Gs for back holing data out of its environment. Okay, so it basically just data scavengers and it's something that your local council want to sell to the highest bidder. Now, some of this equipment can actually listen to what people are saying. You know, you can actually pick up sound audio with them, some of it's urban radar. The really concerning bit, the equipment that we had in the Gateshead area, it had a dialectic, it was a high gain dialectic lens. Now that then, it's a whole other ball game. That allows me to target acquire and possibly do some serious damage or even kill somebody. These electromagnetic radiation weapons programs are working to seek weapons facility in the 80s. So understand about electromagnetic radiation, what we call direct energy in air, direct energy weapons. [5:18] They're lethal, all right. We know that because the Havana syndrome. Now governments have always tried to pretend that these pieces of equipment don't exist because they use them against dissidents. They've used them, you know what I mean? If you listen to Barry Trav, I'll tell you about the weapons that were used against, you know, dissidents in Ireland. Anybody who they don't like the look of, they can basically sit outside your home and pour this radiation into your home and cause you to have a neurological breakdown and actually cause physiological brain damage. So you can actually, you can actually, you can visit this, you can see it. And that's what we found in the Havana syndrome attack where there was a lot of misinformation being put out at first about it being an ultrasound weapon. I can tell you now these microwave radiation weapons are far more sophisticated. [6:13] Ultrasound is very helpful if it's for subsea, it's a far better medium to travel sound waves in and especially at distance. So you would use it if you're in air, you're gonna use a microwave radiation type weapon system. So we knew it was a microwave radiation weapon and what happened, the US government have had admit now. That the injuries that the embassy staff suffered were from microwave radiation because they're getting compensation for it. It was something they didn't wanna go there. These weapons systems have been around for 40s. The Germans were testing directional weapon systems on camp inmates. That technology went under operation, paperclip to the US. They then just kept on developing it. And some of this equipment is extremely, extremely sophisticated, far more advanced than what a lot of people would like to imagine. And you just don't see it because it's like I said, that's secret programs. Now, the Gateshead area, I spoke to the council, I spoke to a number of councillors and new councillors, so I spoke and I went to the council. [7:24] Which I explained my concerns about this particular type of technology. It was all just a little bit over the top of their heads. And I think deliberately, you know, these people are wilfully ignorant to this type of technology. [7:38] I explained how dangerous it potentially could be, how a great security risk it is, how these systems can be hacked into. I know the operating platform, the equipment that actually installed was already accessible by anybody. So this kit could be used for spying on the public, basically urban radar, it can also listen in on equipment in your home. And it was all part of this 5G network. [8:08] Local council denied it was 5G. They said it was some 2G piece of equipment anyway, I then didn't get anywhere with the council. That's why we set up the save us now movement. And it was to give us some political cover because there is an element of protection. [8:25] Especially, you know, I'm telling people the equipment that they're gonna install is gonna kill you I'm telling people exactly what we're now know to be true because in [8:33] 2018 when they took me to court, they took us to court to gag me. They had to gag us. What they said was I was frightening people in the locality by telling people that they would die from this equipment that had been installed. Unfortunately at the time we only had a small increase, you know probably one two percent increase in heart attacks, two or three percent increase in stroke, which is significant but not significant enough for you know for you to really you know get to the bottom of it and but unfortunately now we've got near 20 and 30 percent increases and week on week we're seeing an extra thousand people in the UK die and I can guarantee you this is the contaminated bio weapon which they call a vaccine and I know all about that program for tracking where on the battlefield, and it's interconnected with the 5G network but it they haven't weaponized it as a weapon yet because you you will see people when they weaponize this technology you'll see people just basically causing a tonic seizure and collapsing in the street. I haven't seen any videos of that in the UK. I saw quite a few of the tests of it in Wuhan and we've seen some from around the rest of the world. Now I know this might sound very very unbelievable and that's why I tell people that do your own research don't take my word for it. The council took me to court and [10:02] they said I was a conspiracy theorist, I was frightening vulnerable people and it was amazing that people actually believed me. However the problem that I had they had actually you know they put a lot of media coverage out, they took press releases out that went internationally, they were totally falsified, they were fabricated pieces of information and basically a criminal conspiracy to cover this whole thing up because what we had at the time in Gateshead was we had a large number of women losing babies in the full term had already measured the radiation levels in a number of people's bedrooms where we're getting lots of complaints so we had the actual evidence of this radiation impact and that radiation people have to always understand its accumulative over time. So even though that's smaller amounts, you know, it's not as powerful as an x-ray, this radiation accumulates. So the more that you get, the more biological damage over time. It's how we get skin cancer. [11:03] Skin cancer occurs in people with you know poor diet etc but skin cancer occurs on people who continually go into the sun. So it's an accumulative radiation that's non-ionizing radiation and that's man that's natural occurring not man-made. Man-made something completely more toxic whereas you've got an immersive non-ionizing radiation emission from the sun that will give you skin cancer by the way even though they'll tell you you know these non-ionizing radiation emissions are perfectly safe however that's natural occurring it's immersive and we are symbiotic with natural occurring non-ionizing radiation we're symbiotic with it this man made something completely different it's toxic due to the square waves z-waves and the data packets that are actually embedded in it, it brings it in this whole toxicity thing. [12:05] Can I just step back slightly because for me certainly, I think over the last three years during the pandemic, that a lot of people have begun to question a lot and I think it's into that kind of reassessing our relationship between the authorities, the institutions and those we trusted. And I think when you come to this, we're told, don't worry, something is safe. Well, that doesn't mean it's safe. I'm going to question it. But for you, I mean, was there a point, was there something you read? Was it just a build-up of your knowledge and understanding that made you begin to question specifically on the 5G issue? Well I always knew that you know this type of radiation causes pneumonia type symptoms so you know you'll get flu type symptoms viruses are inactive here what a doctor will exhibit you go to the doctors let's say you've got Epstein-Barr virus. [13:07] Now he's going to tell you you've got a virus what I'm going to tell you is you've been hit with a 50 hertz frequency which exhibits to the medical community as a virus most viruses, pneumonia, all these different, you know [13:22] Let's say medical conditions can be you know can be looked at there's some environmental pollutant that's actually caused them and obviously electromagnetic radiation man-made in particular. Is that pollution it's why a lot of people go in the sun you know when you go in the sun you get herpes simplex virus well it's basically just radiation pollution that comes out it's the body try to get it rid of this you know this pollutant that you've your body's absorbed you probably had too much and that's why you get people who go you know they go skiing and they end up getting their cold sores and how they get the cold sores obviously you've got a lot of light there but it's also reflecting on the snow and then bouncing back up into the face that's how you sometimes get a nice sun tan at the same time when you're skiing, So it's all electromagnetic radiation. So when the whole 5G thing and the whole coronavirus, corona is an electrical discharge by the way, on a 5G mask. So I mean, I'm not saying that that's, I think it's just people, you know, it's a bit like a corona from the sun, electromagnetic radiation emissions from the sun are called corona as well. So these radiation emissions cause all of the known symptoms that we saw exhibited with coronavirus. [14:47] But one of the things that we were alerted to early on was the flu vaccines and how the flu vaccines had been contaminated with tungsten was the main contaminant. Now, if I fill a body with tungsten, used tungsten in the filament for a reason. Okay. If I fill a body full of nano particulates. And tungsten is the main ingredient has no pharmacological reason why it would be in a vaccine. [15:17] And but if I hit that with a modulated frequency from any network you know wouldn't have to be 5G I mean obviously 5G is a lot more powerful it's a lot more focused so consequently it's going to pose a significantly larger risk to people who've had the flu vaccine they're possibly going to get very sick and could possibly die and we know that there was corona type symptoms that medics were you know they were recognizing that these symptoms were right away 2019 well lo and behold 2019 was one of the main switch-ups for 5G. We were a test bed, Gateshead was a test bed, Bristol, Rotherham, there was other areas in the country so it's not an exhaustive list where these technologies were being tested. Anyway, we're going to the we get to the cold case. [16:11] When the council tried to gag us and unfortunately it was the biggest mistake they ever made because we got into the court and basically after they basically fabricated most of the evidence they lied, fortunately had a police officer who was actually at that court case who told the truth they said I've made threats to kill several of them had and there was a police officer who was actually in ear shot and he was one of the first witnesses on the stand and I made it quite clear about this threat to kill narrative and he said look Mr Steele I was you know I didn't hear you threaten to kill anybody so I had one honest police officer who saved me from you know some possible other very serious charges of threats to kill against the council the mayor, the mayor said you know I basically threatened her in the council chamber it's totally false, chief executive said went in the attacked in the council chamber that was totally false. Unfortunately you talk about serendipity there was a there was a chap who was actually in the public gallery a guy called Stephen Preston he videotaped the whole thing so they'd basically lying in their statements and this video then pops up, judges watching it and he goes well come on Mr Steele how many times have you been to Gateshead council he's thinking this is a different time and I go once and he's [17:41] like you can see the judge totally dumbfounded so he's got these statements from the executive and the mayor saying I basically went to attack them and they had to eject us from the building and have us wrestle over the bill I mean you want to you talk about making stuff up I mean these people are just pathological liars but I mean politicians are, let's be honest. They've just proven themselves to be pathologicalized. I think we've got, you know, later, Sir Christopher Chew up probably a handful of conservatives, you know. [18:15] Bridgen who's doing a fantastic job, we've got some great MPs in there, I'll tell you what, we need a lot more because if this whole thing carries on it's going to be horrendous and. Like I said at that particular court case this equipment will kill and they won't be able to cover up the body count and that's exactly what we're seeing now. I did predict what was going to happen. [18:38] Let me put, because I think there are two separate things in my mind and I know I think I saw a similar statement from Alex Jones last year talking about people living close to 5G kill grids are going to die from cancer. I think we've all learned that Alex Jones could be called a prophet because a lot of what he says has come true. But there are two separate things. One is technology that has been used and with a rush to market, with a rush to making money, you have side effects. Another side is actually this is targeted for killing. [19:18] But on the danger side, because obviously you've got the electromagnetic spectrum, you've got x-rays, you've got microwaves, which can be very harmful if it's low burst. You've then got radio waves, which aren't harmful. Now you've got 5G, which we are told is not harmful, completely benign. But you're saying that part of the electromagnetic spectrum is extremely harmful. What is it about 5G? Is it because there's just going to be towers everywhere, that everyone's using it? Is it the widespread abuse? Is it targeted? Tell us specifically on that. It's well there's two elements to it there's two technical parameters for 5G one's densification so let's say I had a large 2/3G network okay it could let's say be a telecare so a medical network I'll stick on every single on every single chimney pot and all of a sudden I've created a 5g network because 5g is about mesh networks and it's about densification now the densification the more radiation, the more toxic it is. That's how I know that that particular part of 5G, the densification is a weapon. [20:32] It's a weaponized part of it. The other specific, the other specific technical parameter of 5G is the focusing of radiation in air. So that can cause, there's a number of different antennas, phased arrays, one of the main ones where you have a number of different elements, you offset the signal and you cause a beam wave, a lobe of radiation in a densely packed field. And consequently and that's what they use for you know these active denial systems, they use a focused beam at the target, that's what 5G is. 5G is that equipment, it's the same equipment, However, the military will tell you that it's non lethal. That's absolute garbage. These are lethal technologies. I've got the pictures I can show you some of the victims. They're not. They're not healthy at all Uh, basically I'm gonna cook you to death. I mean some of these 5G mass. I mean we got some stuff. [21:35] Some antenna design 160 000 watts so you've got a thousand watts microwave cooker, are these can beam hundreds of thousands of watts and I mean we've got one piece of intelligence which shows it an antenna that can emit a 386 thousand watt beam in the main lobe at a target now. That's not going to cook a person That's just going to knock the house down. [22:02] so this equipment now one of the really interesting things if you look at the Microsoft. [22:11] Microsoft patents They've got patterns for delivering a cryptocurrency on bodily activity. Now we've already done the magnetiser's test, we've got guys across the country who are going out testing people near their magnets to show that they've got a magnetic field emission in the Deltoid. This is the people who, it's stable in the Deltoid. Some people that didn't aspirate the syringe consequently that, you know, they might just, could drop down dead immediately. It's where the nano particulates have migrated across the body. [22:50] But the real purpose of that COVID-19 injection is so they can inject a stable antenna in the deltoid, that can track you and it's all interconnected with Microsoft, the Azure, right, which is their 5G cloud computing piece of kit. It's all interconnected with the masts that they've attached to your street lights. So the street light furniture, Telenza, one of the main ones who are working with Microsoft to create this cloud computing system so they can analyse the data locally. [23:30] They can then harvest all that data back. The local authorities see you're their property so they're going to they're going to sell that data because obviously they can hear you they can see where your car's parked if your car's parked on a double yellow it'll get an automatic fine. They'll not need traffic warnings to go out because obviously the urban radar can scan everything in real time and it can actually create this data that the council then sanction you if you put the wrong piece of material in a bin so they can monitor it smart bins they can see whether it's [24:06] if it's being recycled properly if it's not then you get another sanction this is what it's all about and also using goods in your home when you finish with your last tin of beans you put it in the bin and the next minute it up pops an advert for special offer for beans as that whoever whoever the high bidder. This is the technology that they're proposing what they haven't taken into consideration, the health effects. The health effects will kill are killing, we're seeing close to three and a half thousand extra dead, four thousand extra dead over a five year and the five year average has been pretty big because it's been through a pandemic where unfortunately people when they switched this 5G on a lot of people who had had this these flu jabs were just dropping down dead, you know getting pneumonia type symptoms, basically it enhances the radiation that they were being bombarded with from the 5G switch on. So the whole thing's interconnected. Now I'm pretty sure behind the scenes is some very very nefarious activity going on because why would anybody want to put uh, nano-particulates into flu vaccines. there's no purpose for it. It was done deliberately, nefariously, and it was a malicious attack to create [25:27] this COVID-19 plandemic, and then what happens, they can then, they've come in with all of these control measures, you know, that, that central bank digital currency, uh, you know, new type of digital passport, the digital prison, the whole digital prison warfare, your local councils have been weaponized against their own populations. The trouble is with your local council, they're full of very, very thick people who want to try and encourage you to get into an electric car that will give you leukaemia and sterilize your children. But you see, they're that dim, they don't understand the mechanics what the real plan is depopulation and to steal all private wealth and all private industry private wealth so you've got councils now shutting down their local areas so traffic can't get down there private businesses then go bankrupt council gets into more and more debt because got more and more sick people got to remember since the switch on in 2019. They've actually added another half a million people to the full-time sickness register they've they've killed a few hundred thousand by the way, but they've already added another half a million to full-time sick. Now, anybody that understands the sickness claim issue at the minute, it's extremely difficult. I mean, I know a guy, he was smashed up in a car crash in 1976. [26:55] He has one of these disability scooters, drives around, has loads of health issues. [27:03] They actually signed them off just about six months ago and the reason for that is because you could actually go into the assessment, you can speak and you can get in front of a computer and you can use a computer because his hands are fine, you just can't walk around. So this is the type of activity and so if you think about sort of actually had to add another half a million to those claimants that impacts on the local authority, it impacts on the local services, which and we can show that this radiation which does increase Parkinson's risk, cancer risk, diabetes, Crohn's disease, all these ailments, these neurological damage, mental health problems, anxiety, suicide rates, stratospheric. You know I mean the Gateshead Council, it was so bad in Gateshead that what they did that carried out the study they've got a number of the institutions up here local universities to do a study and they came back and said it was universal credit that had caused this massive increase in in suicide however. [28:13] Bristol University had it was catastrophic, Bristol where students were committing suicide they weren't on universal credit so the whole narrative was that falsified and fabricated this. It was very similar to, there was a group set up in Sheffield and it was a Save Sheffield Trees Action Group. [28:39] Anybody in that group that mentioned, because obviously Amy who had the 5G contract to put this equipment into the street furniture, they had to chop down all the trees, large number of trees. Anywhere they found out there's somebody, a whistle-blower, the council wouldn't release the commercial contract and anyway, whistle-blower did release it. And they plan had chopped down 30,000 trees in the city so they could access this 5G network. Now, 5G in a sub gigahertz range can travel through trees. Not a problem, okay? The issue that you've got is when the trees get wet. if I was to pull what's called an EMP, electromagnetic pulse weapon, that would then cause you cause you problem but also the thing with trees they keep the cities cool and the whole point of climate change, I mean in Birmingham, I'm going to Birmingham, if anybody's in the area I'll be doing a talk on this on the seventh and I'm in court on the eighth, it's an online hearing but I have to be in Birmingham because of court. Well I'll be with the guy down there who's suffering absolutely horrendous, [29:55] like physical damage, psychological damage, burns skin burns off the radiation. He's EMF sensitive and obviously he gets rashes, burns, lots and lots of trouble with his body from this radiation pollution. Birmingham City Council have fitted 107,000 of these 100 milliwatt transmitters to every single streetlight. It's a legal urban radar network. It scans people's rooms, back holes all the data. I don't know what collection cloud services they're using, but we'll probably find out. But this illegal urban radar, it's a total invasion of your privacy. Nobody warned you about it. Nobody told you anything about it. But these are a hundred thousand now. They'll tell you that, you know that equipment in if it's ignorant guidelines they only talk about one and not talking about a hundred and seven thousand you've got the multiplication of all these transmitters in a small environment and what happens this microwave radiation and those numbers a one milliwatt emission will cause a temperature increase okay so you'll get a thermal you'd actually feel it at 1 milliwatt [31:10] These are 100 milliwatt each and there's 107,000 of them and they're going oh the cities are getting warmer I wonder why I wonder why the cities are getting warmer and that's not the main the main reason why climate change is happening that ionospheric radiate has where in the chem trail and where the chem trail in the sky and the bounce now that was over the horizon radar systems which I know quite a bit about and it's quite interesting a lot of these technologies are battlefield derived weapon systems and they're coming to a town near you. I said they've weaponized your local council to do you harm which is in breach of the terrorism laws because it's a political agenda. The whole climate thing is a fraud. It's a total fraud, it's a total nonsense, a hoax just like that plandemic and what they're doing they're going to they're going to use that climate change narrative. [32:03] To force you into an electric car to sterilize you to give you leukaemia, sterilize your kids, they're putting radar, urban radar up which will now cause us cancer. So you've got ubiquitous amounts of emissions, urban radar, absolutely lethal where they're scanning the environment. Then you've got these urban radar transmitters on the street lights, 107,000 just in Birmingham. You've got this, all the smart meters, if anybody's got a smart meter, get it removed, it's all about control, it's not about you, it's so that they can control and switch you off whenever they want. Or they're going to actually burn your appliances out. All the appliances in your home now think about it, you've got a local authority right somebody gets on the phone and goes oh listen we've got a hundred thousand of these new LED tv. all of a sudden. [32:57] you wake up the next morning your led tv is broken and you've got to go and buy another one and they've just sold the advert on your smart and another smart tv you have in the house you see. The advert pop off special offer led I mean honestly this is exactly where they're going with this We, you know, this is the hill we're going to have to die on. [33:17] Can I take it? Cause I want to pick up on it being military technology because most of us have no idea what is actually developed and the public get to know decades later. But you've kind of got two groups of people. You've got bad actors and you've got useful idiots and both of those groups need to work together to prove something. When you look at the companies that are ruling this out, they are simply, I'm assuming, looking at making a large profit, getting market share. And that's what it's about to the shareholders. So when you've got a mobile phone company pushing a 5G network, pushing 5G phones, it's about making as much money for the shareholders. So are they simply useful idiots in this? [34:09] Absolutely, yeah, yeah, totally, totally. Useful idiots, that's all they are. And your local councils, you see, one of the things with telecommunications networks, these mesh networks, first and foremost, the telecommunications act in Europe states they have to do these EIAs, these are environmental impact analysis. They haven't done that. You've got your local council allowing 5G, this large, the larger masts, allowing 5G masts to be installed. That's the government have told them, they've got to follow the guidance and not assess the environmental impact, not allowed to. So the councils are just doing as they're told, but they're in breach of the 2012 Social Care Act, which says your government and your local authority, the director for public health and your local authority in particular, has a duty to protect the health of the local population. So they're breaking the primary legislation so that they can follow some guidance because some twang in some government agency said. [35:12] Oh, by the way, when we do planning, we'll give them basic planning approval, but what we can't do, we're not allowed to look at health effects. That is just absolute, we can't look at the environmental impact. We can't, all we can do is look at the aesthetics. So if it doesn't look very nice, right? We'll put a big tower up, it doesn't look very nice, then you can object, but you can't object to it killing you, destroying the environment. Can't do anything and what you definitely can't do is look at the power output. [35:42] Councils have been given self-certification from the installers. All the installers we came across are empty vessels so that companies who don't have any assets or if there was any harm. [35:55] The equipment's uninsurable for harm. The tower itself is uninsurable from a fatigue mechanics perspective so it could topple on top of you they're not insured okay they're not insured so. There's no insurance they've just put this stuff in it's not tested to be safe it couldn't have been tested to be safe because if I tested it it would fail and that's why they never tested 5G all the other communications networks your 4Gs 3Gs 2Gs 1G they were all tested for safety and that's why your first telecommunications masts got a fence round. But you see that antenna operates on inverse square law so you only have to be a few meters away from it and the radiation drops off significantly. I mean I wouldn't like to sit next to one for a long time. But you've got to remember you're driving past these, you're walking past them, you're only immersed in it in a few minutes and then all of a sudden the radiation drops off significantly. [36:51] What actually happened with 5G, they're putting masts on your streets, next to your schools, next to hospitals on top of hospitals. I mean there's one really interesting thing about UK hospitals you know with the concrete buildings and the fabric of the building is actually starting to degrade to such a degree where they're worried that the roofs are going to fall in. Well if I pulse modulate [37:15] materials like with this energy because you know denser materials you're pulse modulating that energy's got to go somewhere and it can fracture materials like concrete, steel can all be disassociated at specific pulse modulating frequencies that's how some of the vaporizing type of technology the weapons bits right they'd get really interesting as was so in 9-11 when the. Whole building just basically disappeared away across manhattan just blew away i mean that was that was quite interesting um i mean obviously they did use uh you know they did use normal explosives but the more interesting part of that particular attack was the way just vaporized the building. That's the weapon I was invested in. [38:02] Tell us more about, because as this is rolled out, you see it in some countries being rolled out. I think South Korea might have been one of the first countries to have a network. What kind of data are you looking at? Because you're looking at data of the impact of the 5G electromagnetic waves. You can, I guess, test that. It's rolled out into a population. So how does that work? Because I guess whenever you see medical issues like cancer, we're all told cancer is going up, that seems to be linked to people getting a jab. So that's a separate story. But changes in medical numbers, changes in cancer rates. How do you kind of analyse that and connect that back to 5G? [39:02] Well, there's a six sigma event, what happened in 2019, where the half a million people added to the sickness benefit. And it's specifically in and around the time when the 5G network was actually installed. radiation is an environmental pollutant. If I bring an environmental pollutant into an environment that all of a sudden a lot of people start getting cancer, the cancer rates and the reason why they're interconnected with the jab, the jab's full of nanoparticular contaminants. [39:32] If I then put the, when I vibrate that radiation at you and especially in the blanket coverage, which is the sub gigahertz frequency, travel straight through the body, but it has an effect. On those nanoparticulates because they then catch that radiation, they vibrate them and we can, you know if you look at explosives right, high-powered explosives on the battlefield create nano particulates. Now where soldiers you know get these you know I've got a number of the you know these documents where post mortem you know people that have cancer in the kidney or the liver whatever and when they've actually you know done a biopsy looked at the soo-lec or microscopes they've actually found that they what caused this cancer causing event is some nano particulates, so troops suffer it, you know, whether dealing with high explosives because you do create these nanoparticles. Nano particulates cause sterilization. [40:35] Why anybody want to be injecting anybody with any is just beyond, well it's not beyond our comprehension. We know they have a depopulation plan, we know they're attacking the West in particular. It's all about, you know, depopulation, taking your money. If you understand the World Economic Forum, right, an international terrorism organization, right, who you've got most of your people in cabinets across the country, across the world, they're all involved with the WAF, the WAF, unfortunately are planning your death. They've got a plan in place, they're coming for you, fortunately, the whole thing seem to be falling a bit for them because unfortunately they didn't stabilize, the antenna in the deltoid due to rushing the technology getting people in check people not aspirating the syringe and consequently people dropping down dead immediately a lot of people thought uh yeah I'll not be having that so there's an awful lot of people haven't had the shot. Now, they have to come back. [41:35] And bring that again. Until you get every single person with that vaccine in them, their real life is totally at risk and that's the this is the problem. They're going to lock you down in these digital cities, digital prisons, whether it be food supply or that and then they'll come along go you've got to take that. They have to get the tens of millions of people who haven't had it. [42:00] They have to get them vaccinated. So what I'm going to say to people is we are our adversary as a structured weaponized system against us we need to have a structured response to It see I hear all of there's enough of us make no mistake about it what we don't have we don't have enough unity and the reason for that we've got a lot of state actors embedded in the movement. What I'm going to say is people, I always like to test them out very quickly, ask them some simple questions. Is 5G safe? Is it a weapon system? As soon as they go. [42:36] It's all, it's well, you know, that, that, and you, even if they're just ignorant, you don't want them about. If they tell you the vaccine's a vaccine or a biochemical weapon, we've got all the data on that. I mean, Dr. David Martin does a fantastic job, not the only one, but does a fantastic job in identifying all the patents. In Bill Gates's patent, the antenna they've injected, into you that he's had a great deal of input into and bunged up all the different institutions to tell you that it's safe and effective. That antenna specifically so he can create a cryptocurrency. On your physical activity. That's what he's really after and he's put it in this Azure net with Azure. It's a Microsoft cloud platform so it'll be able to see you walking along the street from those transmitters on the top of the street lights so it's watching you and all of a sudden he's building a cryptocurrency on the back of it that's really where they're going, what he didn't know well. He probably did it's going to kill the larger proportion of the population so he ain't gonna get much on his cryptocurrency and at this rate we're seeing as of December I said it [43:48] early on the bio weapons got a two-year fuse for 24 months so it was the 8th of December in 2020 when they started the vaccines we're now starting to see as of December just gone. We're starting to see another thousand plus people every single week added to the kill rate. [44:10] If that carries on to the summer you know at the back end it's you're going to be there's going to to be 50,000 extra deaths per week in the UK and they've already killed them. [44:23] You know the fact that they've had that shot put in them. Now there is ways to mitigate it. If anybody's listening to this, you've had the vaccine, make no mistake about it, there is an antidote, get in touch. The greatest power to you is getting 5G stopped. I mean that 5G network, especially in the streetlights, can target acquire you and can eliminate you causing the atonic seizure. I just take you with an 868 pulse and that's it. You're dead. [44:51] Then I mean yeah if you've got somebody there who can start you back up you know if you've got a defibrillator on that then maybe you do have a chance. However if there's nobody about who knows how to use that equipment bringing your back round is going to be a problem. [45:05] Just to finish off, that connection between 5G and the mRNA vaccine and with them working together, I remember the first time I had Kate Shemirani on and she started talking about this. This was early on. I didn't know what to do with that conversation because it was just, wow. I think you learn things, you assess what's happening, you become more aware. But tell us more about, as we finish, that link between those two, because what you're saying the 5G masts can cause damage by themselves, but with what's in the mRNA, that that is actually helping it or affecting it in some way. So can we finish off on that? [45:57] You've got leakage of the mRNA, so if you've got these nanoparticles around the body and it's leaked into the body, then obviously the electromagnetic radiation pollution is going to be problematic to you. It just increases the toxicity because the nanoparticles they like sort of reflect. [46:12] They'll modulate at the frequency and what they'll do is they'll damage the cells, you get oxidative stress which is precursor to cancer. That's how you're getting people who are currently developing stage four, they're not even going to stage one, they're going to the doctors, they're not well, they get stage four and they're dead within months. That's what's happening. The other people where it's been stabilized in the deltoid it needs to be removed and we're looking at ways to get it removed but what I'm going to say to people get an ADM magnet, powerful earth magnet they're not expensive, test yourself in and around your deltoid if you get an attachment. Right get in touch with us we'll then put you on a protocol but what we'll do is we'll then go and take action. We need people, there's 30-40 million people in this country who are victims of a crime, they need justice and the sooner they start waking up to what's happened to them. And stop trying to pretend that you know it's something they just want to bury their head in, the only thing they're going to be buried in is in a coffin, right. They don't stop this 5G network, it's planning to kill them and the only thing that stopped it, this war in Ukraine could go hot. If it does, they need a civilian population. It's probably one of the reasons why they've held off. [47:27] Yeah. Mark, I appreciate your time. I'm glad that we got this sorted out eventually. Thank you for coming along and sharing your findings, your understanding, perspective on this. It's been fascinating. So thank you for your time today. Thanks, Peter. I was pleased to be on.

After falling foul of birthday libations first time around, we're back to finish our exploration of Graham Masterton's The Devils of D-Day.   The Seven Tests return, Dan McCook still isn't owning his fundamental rookie error, the Official Secrets Act counts for sweet FA and it turns out Eloise is the MVP of this whole story.   We also watch a movie! Surely there has to be a better Graham Masterton protagonist out there right? Turns out there's two (and a very unfortunate doctor)!

This week, MPs began debating amendments to the Official Secrets Act, but one potential new clause was conspicuously absent. A public interest defence for responsible whistle-blowers was not selected by the government for consideration in the House of Commons despite strong cross-party support. Powerscourt consultant Harold Amoo, who has been working on this legislation with director Mark Leftly since late 2020, speaks to political analyst Michael Keating about MPs' reactions and the potential next steps for their campaign.  Listen to all episodes on our website.Follow Powerscourt on Twitter and LinkedIn.

As a ruling by the High Court in London is imminent in the U.S. appeal seeking to overturn an order not to extradite imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, we look at the High Court's options and examine the parallel history of the U.K. Official Secrets Act and the U.S. Espionage Act, under which Assange has been charged. Our guests are James Goodale, who was The New York Times counsel during the Pentagon Papers case, and CN legal analyst Alexander Mercouris. For additional information: https://consortiumnews.com/2021/04/11...

By Richard Monks A two-part drama for Radio 4 Forty years on from the Falklands War we revisit the true story of Clive Ponting, a top civil servant, who leaked documents about the sinking of the Argentinian Cruiser, General Belgrano. Ponting was put on trial but sensationally acquitted by the jury despite his breach of the Official Secrets Act. The drama examines what drove Ponting to turn his back on Whitehall and why he walked free from court despite the judge directing the jury to convict him. The writer, Richard Monks, drew on Government Papers, newspaper reports, interviews and court transcripts as well as Ponting's own account for the drama. The drama includes some imagined scenes and characters. Clive Ponting ..... John Heffernan Sally Ponting .... Ruth Everett Richard Mottram ..... Geoffrey Streatfeild Ffion ..... Dorothea Myer-Bennett Tam Dayell/Michael Heseltine/Inspector Hughes ..... Ewan Bailey Peter Blaker/Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse ..... Neil McCaul Wreford-Brown/John Stanley ..... Michael Begley John Nott/Inspector Broome ..... Matthew Durkan Jerry Wiggin/Second Officer ..... Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong Cleaner/P.A. ..... Rebecca Crankshaw Directed by Sally Avens

“We want to protect people who hold information of wrongdoing but think carefully about how they disclose that in a really targeted way”: Mishcon De Reya's head of politics and law Katy Colton discusses Powerscourt, Mishcon and Matrix Chambers' campaign for a public interest defence in the Official Secrets Act.This episode is hosted by Russ Lynch, a director in Powerscourt's campaigns team.Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter

Austin Pelli, co-host of Fault Lines, which you can hear every day, Monday through Friday from 7:00a-10:00a ET on Radio Sputnik, calls in from Ottawa to give the Misfits an update on an anticipated crackdown by police to clear protesters from the Canadian capital. It has been widely reported that law enforcement is preparing to clear the capital over the weekend, and protesters say they plan to remain in place. Austin told the Misfits that two leaders of the Freedom Convoy were arrested this morning.Mark Sleboda, international relations and foreign affairs analyst, joins the show to break down the latest developments out of Ukraine. They talk about Secretary of State Antony Blinken's speech to the United Nations Thursday warning of a possible “false flag operation.” Blinken said Russia or pro-Russian Ukrainians could allege a provocation that would then give them cause to enter Ukraine. Dr. Kenneth Surin, Professor Emeritus of literature and professor of religion and critical theory at Duke University, joins the show to talk about the recent UK law called the Official Secrets Act that is used to prosecute anybody accused of leaking classified, sensitive, or national security information, including journalists. It's a law that American prosecutors have often said they would like to see in the United States. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's conservative government is now poised to greatly expand on the Official Secrets Act to allow the government to prosecute and jail whistleblowers and journalists. Ted Rall, award-winning political cartoonist, columnist, author whose his latest book is "The Stringer," and co-host of the DMZ America podcast with Ted Rall & Scott Stantis, joins the show to talk about the recent ruling by a New York state judge ordering Donald Trump and his children Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. to testify in depositions within three weeks. The court order relates to New York state's investigation into the Trump organization's business practices. Then, the Misfits talk with Ted about Elon Musk tweeting that he's being harassed by the SEC trying to “chill” Musk's right to free speech. Finally, Michelle and John ask Ted about rising inflation and recent reports that sixty percent of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck with little to no savings to fall back on.Dr. Iyabo Obasanjo, professor of public health at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA. joins the show to discuss the impact of hybrid immunity to COVID-19. They discuss the science, where it stands now on natural immunity versus vaccine-induced immunity, and whether one form of immunity is notably more effective than the other. They talk about how federal guidelines will adapt to rising rates of immunity.The Misfits close Friday's show with Stories of the Weird.We sign off till Tuesday.

Pop Muzik es una canción grabada por el grupo M en el año 1979. Alcanzó el número 1 en las listas de Estados Unidos y el número 2 en el Reino Unido. Esta fue una de las primeras canciones que caracterizaron a los años 80 por sus sonidos de sintetizador y efectos sintéticos. David Bowie hace el sonido de palmas en el tema. La banda de rock U2 introdujo una remezcla de Pop Muzik antes de cada concierto durante la gira PopMart Tour. Robin Scott junto a Brigit Vinchon trabajaron juntos y se bautizaron como M para crear la canción Pop Muzik, que fue un éxito en el Reino Unido en abril de 1979, llegando al número 2 en los rankings, y en Estados Unidos al número 1 el 3 de noviembre de 1979. Algunos músicos que participaron en M en algún momento de su existencia fueron Mark King, Wally Badarou y Phil Gould, quienes posteriormente conformarían Level 42. M tuvo otros sencillos con mediano éxito en el Reino Unido, como Moonlight and Muzak (puesto 33 en diciembre de 1979), That's The Way The Money Goes (número 45 en marzo de 1980) y Official Secrets (puesto 64 en noviembre de 1980). M lanzó tres álbumes: New York • London • Paris • Munich en 1979, The Official Secrets Act en 1980 y Famous Last Words en 1981. Un cuarto álbum grabado por Robin Scott con Shikisha fue producido en 1984 pero no salió al mercado hasta 1998. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/radioflowok/message

Andrew Child never backs down from a challenge. Whether it's leaving a stable corporate job to pursue a writing career or picking up the reins of his brother's legendary Jack Reacher series, his willingness to take risks and put himself out there have helped him become the successful writer he is today. Child has been writing full-time since 2008 and is most known for his David Trevellyan and Paul McGrath series. His latest release, Better Off Dead, is available below. From Amazon.com: Andrew Grant was born in Birmingham, England in May 1968. He went to school in St Albans, Hertfordshire and later attended the University of Sheffield where he studied English Literature and Drama. After graduation Andrew set up and ran a small independent theatre company which showcased a range of original material to local, regional and national audiences. Following a critically successful but financially challenging appearance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival Andrew moved into the telecommunications industry as a 'temporary' solution to a short-term cash crisis. Fifteen years later, after carrying out a variety of roles including several which were covered by the UK's Official Secrets Act, Andrew became the victim / beneficiary of a widespread redundancy programme. Freed once again from the straight jacket of corporate life, he took the opportunity to answer the question, what if ... ? Whether you're traditionally published or indie, writing a good book is only the first step in becoming a successful author. The days of just turning a manuscript into your editor and walking away are gone. If you want to succeed in today's publishing world, you need to understand every aspect of the business - editing, formatting, marketing, contracts. It all starts with a good book, then the real work begins. Join international bestselling author J.D. Barker and indie powerhouses, J. Thorn and Zach Bohannon, as they gain unique insight and valuable advice from the most prolific and accomplished authors in the business. In this episode, you'll discover: How to co-write with your brother When to pursue an agent vs. self-publish Why to market a persona during conferences and events The benefits of a pen name Why remote teamwork can be effective Links: J. D. Barker - http://jdbarker.com/ J. Thorn - https://theauthorlife.com/ Zach Bohannon - https://zachbohannon.com/ Andrew Child - https://andrewgrantbooks.com/ Better Off Dead - https://mybook.to/BetterOff Story Rubric - http://storyrubric.com Nonfic Rubric - http://nonficrubric.com Proudly sponsored by Kobo Writing Life - https://kobowritinglife.com/ Music by Nicorus - https://cctrax.com/nicorus/dust-to-dust-ep Voice Over by Rick Ganley - http://www.nhpr.com and recorded at Mill Pond Studio - http://www.millpondstudio.com Contact - https://writersinkpodcast.com/contact/ *Full disclosure: Some of the links are affiliate links. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/writersink/support

Vanessa Kirby meets Pat and Jean Owtram, two British sisters who played crucial roles as Allied codebreakers during World War 2. Bound by the Official Secrets Act, neither sister knew that the other was a spy until decades later. Now in their 90s, they reveal their hidden hands in planning D-Day, aiding the Resistance, and cracking the Enigma code. Tune in to True Spies to hear their story. Would YOU have the skills to make a difference? From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets and skills. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Gemma Newby. Produced by Mariana Des Forges. Music by Nick Ryan.

In this episode Carlton answers questions from readers of his memoir, Black Ops – The incredible true story of a British secret agent, social media followers and subscribers to Black Spy Podcast. Carlton's Web editor Dan poses the questions to him from these subscribers etc.  Like Prime Minister's Questions in the UK,  Carlton will have no advanced knowledge of the questions to be posed, so his answers can not be diplomatic or vanilla.  Listeners will thereby learn Carlton's real thought from his own experiences, warts and all.  These Q&A sessions will also provide listeners with the answers to questions they've always sought to ask, but had nobody to pose the question to who might conceivably be able to provide a factual answer, or an informed opinion.  Therefore, from so call conspiracy theories that listeners have always thought were viable under the opaque cloak of secrecy to questions such as how can I join the Secret Services, all will be openly accessible.  Clearly Carlton can only answer questions to the best of his knowledge and in line with the strictures of the draconian Official Secrets Act!   Remember by subscribing to Black Spy Podcast you will stay ahead of the crowd and better understand the world you inhabit. Contact Carlton via: Email: carltonking@Blackspypodcast.com  Twitter: @Carlton_King Instagram: @carltonkingauthor Facebook: Carlton King Author Carlton's autobiography "Black Ops - The incredible true story of a British secret agent" Is available from Amazon and all good on line booksellers: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MTV2GDF/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_WNZ5MT89T9C14CB53651  

You might think the UK would be a safe place for journalists, but investigative reporters in this country can face threats, lawsuits and intimidation. And now, the Home Office is proposing changes to the Official Secrets Act that would make the climate for journalists - and their sources - even more stifling. If passed, the legislation could open them up to prosecution.This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guest: - Sean O'Neill, chief reporter for The Times. Host: Manveen Rana.Clips: CSPAN, Sky News, CNN, BBC News. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Now that the pandemic may be abating, the Government decides that the best people to pay the bill are… those pesky, hard-up young people. Climate change and student activist Phoebe Hanson joins us to explain what it's like to be mis-sold the student experience by universities that act like businesses but won't treat you like a customer. Plus, how the planned changes to the Official Secrets Act will treat journalists like spies. And the truth behind those supply chain nightmares. “It's hard to feel like part of your university when it is constantly working against you… ” – Phoebe Hanson“My lectures now are like glorified podcasts” – Phoebe Hanson“There's a big difference between what young people think and what older people THINK they think.” – Phoebe HansonNOT FOR PATREON UPLOADhttps://www.patreon.com/bunkercastPresented by Andrew Harrison with Arthur Snell and Ahir Shah. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic . Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. Produced by Andrew Harrison. The Bunker is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Plans to update and expand the Official Secrets Act have been attacked as a ‘licence for cover-ups' that could be used to thwart legitimate investigative journalism. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Is Cuba a dictatorship? Is democracy a means to an end? Is the new potential reform of the Official Secrets Act (UK) an attempt against freedom of expression and freedom of the press?Access all our content on www.thecivicspace.org

Press freedom is under attack from Priti Patel's draconian plans to tighten the Official Secrets Act, which would criminalise the “onward disclosure” of leaked material, putting journalists at increased risk of imprisonment. Meanwhile the Government routinely stonewalls Freedom of Information requests – making it harder to hold them to account. How did our rights to freedom of information become so eroded, with government able to skirt the law by simply blacklisting journalists? Former BBC journalist and FOI expert Martin Rosenbaum tells Alex Andreou about the need for strong FOI rights, the infamous ‘Clearing House' where FoI requests go to die – and the dangers of “outsourcing” scrutiny of government to hard-up pressure groups.“Blair introduced the FOI Act and later said he was a complete idiot for doing so.”“There's no enthusiasm for Freedom of Information in central government at all.” “There's no law saying you have to appear on the Today Programme. But there is a law that you have to respond to an FOI request.”Presented by Alex Andreou. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We talk to producer Liam Howe about songwriting methods, lyrics, nurturing new artists, seeing the big picture, and producing an album with only 1gb of data available! Liam Howe's band the Sneaker Pimps broke through in the 90s with their self-produced debut album Becoming X, scoring a hit on both sides of the Atlantic with their track 6 Underground. Having always aspired to be a producer, Liam has helped launch the careers of multiple stars, including Marina and the Diamonds, FKA Twigs, Ellie Goulding, and Lana Del Rey. Not to mention producing the debut album for Lawrence's first band, Official Secrets Act! The first new music from the Sneaker Pimps in nearly 20 years is out July 9th 2021, it's the first single from forthcoming album “Squaring The Circle”. The Process of Production is presented by Lawrence Diamond and Bob Matthews. Lawrence cut his teeth playing and writing in Indie bands before finding international success and touring the world with his band CITIZENS! During that time he worked with a host of revered producers including Liam Howe, Mark Ralph and Alex Kapranos. Since the band ended in 2016 he's been using that experience to help other artists develop their careers as a writer and producer while continuing to release his own music under various different guises. Bob learned his trade as the producer and multi-instrumentalist in Electronic Pop duo Alpines, whose career spans 3 albums, releases on major and indie record labels, shows with Florence + The Machine, The xx, Emeli Sandé, and a top 20 hit 'Tidal Wave' in collaboration with Sub Focus. In recent years he has turned his focus to producing other acts and has a studio in Chiswick in West London. If you have any feedback or questions, please email us: processofproductionpodcast@gmail.com Follow The Process of Production on Instagram @processofproduction If you like the podcast, please consider giving us a review on your podcast provider of choice! Thank you

AMONG the headlines for Friday, 4 June, 2021, Malaysia recorded the deaths of three children aged below five due to the coronavirus in the first five months of this year, the same number recorded over the whole of 2020, according to Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah.   Health authorities have raised concerns about a growing number of coronavirus deaths and serious cases involving children.   Also, the top lawyer for Myanmar`s deposed leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, voiced concern on Friday that she had no legal representative listed in the case against her brought by the military junta for breaking the Official Secrets Act.   Listen to the top stories of the day, reporting from Astro AWANI newsroom — all in 3 minutes.   We bring you the headlines, weekdays at 5 pm.   Stay informed on astroawani.com for these news and more.

Heads and Tales blurbHeads and Talestext and drawings by Jim StovallIn his forward to this book, Ed Caudill says:"Jim Stovall writes in the introduction that he is “trying to caricature people.”  He succeeds, perhaps ironically in light of the fact that writers themselves are inevitably – sometimes tragically, sometimes commendably, usually unintentionally – caricaturing culture. This collection careens along the gamut from rich and famous to downtrodden and obscure.  Some of them, the readers will know. Others, I would take long odds, are unheard of among the perusers of this volume. There any number of lesser knowns whose names are fleeting but whose work is durable, whether in politics, letters, sciences, or elsewhere. Some are masters of other media, such radio or cinema or illustration."Jim Stovall is a former journalism professor who writes and draws obsessively and occasionally inflicts his work onto an unsuspecting and largely undeserving public. 

 Heads and Talestext and drawings by Jim StovallIn his forward to this book, Ed Caudill says:"Jim Stovall writes in the introduction that he is “trying to caricature people.”  He succeeds, perhaps ironically in light of the fact that writers themselves are inevitably – sometimes tragically, sometimes commendably, usually unintentionally – caricaturing culture. This collection careens along the gamut from rich and famous to downtrodden and obscure.  Some of them, the readers will know. Others, I would take long odds, are unheard of among the perusers of this volume. There any number of lesser knowns whose names are fleeting but whose work is durable, whether in politics, letters, sciences, or elsewhere. Some are masters of other media, such radio or cinema or illustration."Jim Stovall is a former journalism professor who writes and draws obsessively and occasionally inflicts his work onto an unsuspecting and largely undeserving public. 

Heads and Talestext and drawings by Jim StovallIn his forward to this book, Ed Caudill says:"Jim Stovall writes in the introduction that he is “trying to caricature people.”  He succeeds, perhaps ironically in light of the fact that writers themselves are inevitably – sometimes tragically, sometimes commendably, usually unintentionally – caricaturing culture. This collection careens along the gamut from rich and famous to downtrodden and obscure.  Some of them, the readers will know. Others, I would take long odds, are unheard of among the perusers of this volume. There any number of lesser knowns whose names are fleeting but whose work is durable, whether in politics, letters, sciences, or elsewhere. Some are masters of other media, such radio or cinema or illustration."Jim Stovall is a former journalism professor who writes and draws obsessively and occasionally inflicts his work onto an unsuspecting and largely undeserving public. 

 The twenty-year-old Churchill (he turned twenty-one while in Cuba) was a second lieutenant in the British Army, and he was going to Cuba as a military observer.He also was going as a journalist.Heads and Tales blurbHeads and Talestext and drawings by Jim StovallIn his forward to this book, Ed Caudill says:"Jim Stovall writes in the introduction that he is “trying to caricature people.”  He succeeds, perhaps ironically in light of the fact that writers themselves are inevitably – sometimes tragically, sometimes commendably, usually unintentionally – caricaturing culture. This collection careens along the gamut from rich and famous to downtrodden and obscure.  Some of them, the readers will know. Others, I would take long odds, are unheard of among the perusers of this volume. There any number of lesser knowns whose names are fleeting but whose work is durable, whether in politics, letters, sciences, or elsewhere. Some are masters of other media, such radio or cinema or illustration."Jim Stovall is a former journalism professor who writes and draws obsessively and occasionally inflicts his work onto an unsuspecting and largely undeserving public. 

 The phrase "his/her place in history" gets tossed around a lot. It's used by journalists, politicians, and commentators as if it's a seat on the Number 12 bus, and you need to be in the right spot when it hits Picadilly Circus.Heads and Talestext and drawings by Jim StovallIn his forward to this book, Ed Caudill says:"Jim Stovall writes in the introduction that he is “trying to caricature people.”  He succeeds, perhaps ironically in light of the fact that writers themselves are inevitably – sometimes tragically, sometimes commendably, usually unintentionally – caricaturing culture. This collection careens along the gamut from rich and famous to downtrodden and obscure.  Some of them, the readers will know. Others, I would take long odds, are unheard of among the perusers of this volume. There any number of lesser knowns whose names are fleeting but whose work is durable, whether in politics, letters, sciences, or elsewhere. Some are masters of other media, such radio or cinema or illustration."Jim Stovall is a former journalism professor who writes and draws obsessively and occasionally inflicts his work onto an unsuspecting and largely undeserving public.David Reynolds

She faces up to fourteen years in prison. Also: seven Hong Kong activists are found guilty of organising unauthorised pro-democracy protests in 2019; and the Eurovision Song Contest allows fans in as part of a covid trial.

The phrase "his/her place in history" gets tossed around a lot. It's used by journalists, politicians, and commentators as if it's a seat on the Number 12 bus, and you need to be in the right spot when it hits Picadilly Circus.Heads and Tales blurbHeads and Talestext and drawings by Jim StovallIn his forward to this book, Ed Caudill says:"Jim Stovall writes in the introduction that he is “trying to caricature people.”  He succeeds, perhaps ironically in light of the fact that writers themselves are inevitably – sometimes tragically, sometimes commendably, usually unintentionally – caricaturing culture. This collection careens along the gamut from rich and famous to downtrodden and obscure.  Some of them, the readers will know. Others, I would take long odds, are unheard of among the perusers of this volume. There any number of lesser knowns whose names are fleeting but whose work is durable, whether in politics, letters, sciences, or elsewhere. Some are masters of other media, such radio or cinema or illustration."Jim Stovall is a former journalism professor who writes and draws obsessively and occasionally inflicts his work onto an unsuspecting and largely undeserving public.David Reynolds 

Episode 28 - This one was in the incubator for awhile because the universe conspired to send Charles to reservist and FIFA21 to Ivan.We explore the wonderful world of legal debt collectors, who dressed up as the God of Fortune (财神爷) during their CNY rounds. We then lose our will to live when we discover how a stupid civil servant shared classified info with an old an who then proceeded to share it with his entire auntie-network - this message even reached one of us =x Finally, the most tragic car crash in recent history gets the MOTR treatment - is it really THAT sad if you think about it?Support the show (https://www.instagram.com/middleoftheroadpodcast)

In this podcast, we talked about the new trend of court-martials of civilians in the military courts of Pakistan and the issue of enforced disappearanes. On 13 November 2019, human rights defender Idris Khattak was forcibly disappeared in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by an unidentified group. For nearly seven months there was no information regarding his fate or whereabouts, until 16 June 2020, when it was revealed that the defender was in the custody of the Pakistan military. A year since his enforced disappearance, the defender continues to be detained incommunicado in an unknown location and is the subject of a military trial under the Official Secrets Act. To date, there is no information shared on the place of detention, and he is denied access to independent legal counsel for the ongoing trial. The treatment of Idris Khattak, is in direct violation of fundamental human rights norms and due process rights, recognized nationally and espoused internationally by the State of Pakistan. Idris Khattak is a human rights defender whose work includes documenting and advocating against human rights violations in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He has been at the forefront of the human rights movement in the region and has been particularly outspoken on issues minority rights and freedoms. In the second segment of the Episode we talked about the persecution of the parents of PTM leader Gulalai Ismail for human rights activism, which is unprecedented example of transnational repression of a Pakistani citizen in exile. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/friday-focus/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/friday-focus/support

Drivetime's Fergal Keane reports on the controversy surrounding Táiniste Leo Varadkar and the leak of a GP contract to the NAGP, and Dr Jennifer Kavanagh, Law Lectuer, Waterford Institute of Technology, speaks to Sarah about the Official Secrets Act in relation to the leak.

To learn more about Rachel McMillan, you can visit her on her website.The London RestorationThe secrets that might save a nation could shatter a marriage.Madly in love, Diana Foyle and Brent Somerville married in London as the bombs of World War II dropped on their beloved city. Without time for a honeymoon, the couple spent the next four years apart. Diana, an architectural historian, took a top-secret intelligence post at Bletchley Park. Brent, a professor of theology at King’s College, believed his wife was working for the Foreign Office as a translator when he was injured in an attack on the European front.Now that the war is over, the Somervilles’ long-anticipated reunion is strained by everything they cannot speak of. Diana’s extensive knowledge of London’s churches could help bring down a Russian agent named Eternity. She’s eager to help MI6 thwart Communist efforts to start a new war, but because of the Official Secrets Act, Diana can’t tell Brent the truth about her work.Determined to save their marriage and rebuild the city they call home, Diana and Brent’s love is put to the ultimate test as they navigate the rubble of war and the ruins of broken trust.You can buy the book here.Please visit my website and find out more about me and my books there.My latest WWII book, The Refrain Within, set in Hungary during the war and focusing on the Zionist Youth movement rescuing Jews, releases on September 29, 2020. You can purchase the book here.Our sponsor today was Barbour Publishing's book A Joyful Christmas. You can buy the book here.Please note: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This enables me to keep providing great content.

● Why Militant Nationalism Grew 1. Realisation that the true nature of British rule was exploitative, and that the British India government, instead of conceding more, was taking away even what existed. 2. Growth of self-confidence and self-respect. 3. Impact of growth of education—increase in awareness and unemployment. 4. International influences and events which demolished the myth of white/European supremacy. These included — emergence of Japan—an Asian country—as an industrial power — Abyssinia's (Ethiopia) victory over Italy. — Boer Wars (1899-1902) in which the British faced reverses. — Japan's victory over Russia (1905). 5. Reaction to increasing westernisation. 6. Dissatisfaction with the achievements as well as the methods of the Moderates. 7. Reactionary policies of Curzon such as the Calcutta Corporation Act (1899), the Official Secrets Act (1904), the Indian Universities Act (1904) and partition of Bengal (1905). 8. Existence of a militant school of thought. 9. Emergence of a trained leadership. ● The Extremist Ideology (i) Hatred for foreign rule (ii) Belief in the capacity of the masses (iii) Swarajya as goal (iv) Advocacy of direct political action and self-sacrifice. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Matthew Bannister on Hawa Abdi, the Somali doctor who set up a clinic for pregnant women at her home that eventually became a sanctuary for thousands during violence in the country. Clive Ponting, the civil servant who leaked details of the sinking of the Argentine cruiser the General Belgrano during the Falklands War, but was acquitted of breaching the Official Secrets Act. Lee Teng-hui, the first democratically elected President of Taiwan. Richard Brooke, the mountaineer who played a leading role in the Commonwealth Trans Antarctic Expedition of 1957. Interviewed guest: Cindy Sui Interviewed guest: David Brooke Interviewed guest: Sarah J. Robins Interviewed guest: David Leigh Producer: Neil George

Camilla Gibb has always known that her mother, Sheila, worked for MI5, the UK's counter-intelligence agency. (FYI, James Bond worked for MI6.) Camilla knows that her mom was a "secretary" and that she was posted to Trinidad in the 60's. But beyond that, Sheila's lips are sealed. She signed the Official Secrets Act and, as far as Camilla knows, her mother has never shared her secrets. But now, Camilla is determined to crack the code of her mom's past. And she's bringing in backup, including an intelligence historian, her mom's civilian friend from her MI5 days, and Camilla's own eight-year-old daughter.

Joining us on the show today is Patrick Christys - presenter and journalist to talk about his predictions for the UK politics for this year. Writer and broadcaster Charles Shoebridge will discuss with George UK government's plans to strengthen the Official Secrets Act and criminalise journalists; they will answer the question if this is a new age of state secrecy. Caleb Maupin - speaker, writer and political analyst will tell us all about Iraq, Iran & US relationships.

On this episode of The Deep Cut, host John Rocha welcomes director Gavin Hood to talk about his latest film, Official Secrets and what he learned as a direct from his experience on X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Official Secrets stars Keira Knightley in the true story of GCHQ translator Katharine Gun. In 2003, as politicians in Britain and the US angle to invade Iraq, Gun leaked a classified e-mail that urged spying on members of the UN Security Council to force through the resolution to go to war in Iraq. Charged with breaking the Official Secrets Act, and facing imprisonment, Katharine and her lawyers set out to defend her actions. With her life, liberty and marriage threatened, she must stand up for what she believes in. Rocha and Hood discuss how he came to direct the project, what inspired him to take the project on and what lessons he hopes viewers of the film take from the movie. Rocha also talks with Hood about his career and focuses on what he learned from the experience of directing X-Men Origins: Wolverine and how it has shaped the projects he has chosen to pursue ever since. It’s a wide open, fun and in-depth conversation with another accomplished and talented guest on The Deep Cut. Remember to Like and Share the episode and Subscribe to the Collider Conversations feed for more episodes of The Deep Cut.Official Secrets is out now on DVD, click here to order it: https://amzn.to/2QTkuwsFollow John Rocha: https://twitter.com/TheRochaSaysFollow Gavin Hood: https://twitter.com/gavin_hood1

PNN  - EPISODE : SHO RainT - THIS SHOW TAINT - The Unexpected, The Under Used, The Misanthropic - The Displaced. Featuring on The Well Timed Ms Brook Hines - The As Yet UNDECLARED On Judicial Misteps - The Carming and Talented - The Carefully Articulated Ms Jeanine Molloff On Mischief and Marry-Mint the Lustrous Rick d' Espisak - The E-Cigarrette of Journalists  THERE MAY or MYNOT Be Other Guests - One has taken Ill, One has been Well Taken MISCHIEF is a foot and there's Hell to PAY and she's written a Czech! Words about the new Film -  Official Secrets (SEE IT) Words about the Dem Debate Words about InAction on Guns Words about the Disastrous Inhumane Immigration Policy  and Suggestions for ACTION REMEMBER 9/20 Action on Environment - TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW CALL YOUR SENATOR - They Must Have No Excuse   Maybe Sarah C., Maybe Edwin E., Maybe Frank D., Maybe Gwen HB, Maybe ... Maybe... TUNE IN LIVE SUNDAY - Where we may or Maynot... THE PNN-  Show RainT              

Welcome to the History of Computing Podcast, where we explore the history of information technology. Because understanding the past prepares us for the innovations of the future! Todays episode is about Alan Turing. Turing was an English mathematician, cryptanalyst, logician, and the reason he's so famous today is probably his work in computer science, being the father of what's often called artificial intelligence. He built the first true working general-purpose computer, although the first Turning-Complete computer would be the Z3 from Konrad Zuse in 1941. Turning was born in 1912. From a young age, he was kinda' weird, but really good at numbers and science. This started before he went to school and made for an interesting upbringing. Back then, science wasn't considered as important as it might be today and he didn't do well in many subjects in school. But in 1931 he went to King's college in Cambridge, where by 1935 he was elected a fellow. While there, he reimagined Kurt Gödel's limits of proof and computation to develop a model of computation now common known as the Turning machine, which uses an abstract machine to put symbols on a strip of tape based on some rules. This was the first example of a CPU, or Central Processing Unit. The model was simple and he would improve upon it throughout his career. Turning went off to Princeton from 1936 to 1938, where he was awarded a PhD in math, after having studied lambda calculus with Alonzo Church, cryptanalysis, and built built three of the four stages of an electro-mechanical binary multiplier, or a circuit built using binary adders that could multiply two binary numbers and tinkered with most everything he could get his hands on. To quote Turing: “We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.” He returned to Cambridge in 1939 and then went to Bletchley Park to do his part in the World War II effort. Here, he made five major cryptanalytical advances throughout the war, providing Ultra Intelligence. While at what was called Hut 8 he pwned the Enigma with the bombe, an electro-mechanical device used by the British cryptologists to help decipher German Enigma-machine-encrypted secret messages. The bombe discovered the daily settings of the Enigma machines used by the germans, including which set of rotors was used, their starting positions and the message key. This work saved over 10 million lives. Many of his cryptographic breakthroughs are used in modern algorithms today. Turing also went to the US during this time to help the Navy with encryption and while in the states, he went to Bell Labs to help develop secure speech devices. After the war, he designed the Automatic Computing Engine, what is now known as a Universal Turing machine.This computer used stored programs. He couldn't tell anyone that he'd already done a lot of this because of the Official Secrets Act and the classified nature of his previous work at Bletchley. The computer he designed had a 25 kilobytes of memory and a 1Megahertz processor and cost around 11,000 pounds at the time. In 1952, Turning was rewarded for all of his efforts by being prosecuted for homosexual acts. He chose chemical castration over prison and died two years later in 1954, of suicide. Alan Turing is one of the great minds of computing. Over 50 years later the British government apologized and he was pardoned by Queen Elizabeth. But one of the great minds of the computer era was lost. He gave us the Turing Pattern, Turning Reduction, Turing test, Turing machine and most importantly 10 million souls were not lost. People who had children and grandchildren. Maybe people like my grandfather, or yours. The Turing Award has been given annually by the Association for Computing Machinery since 1966 for technical or theoretical contributions in computing. He has more prizes, colleges, and building and even institutes named after him as well. And there's a movie, called The Imitation Game. And dozens of books detailing his life have been released since the records of his accomplishments during the war were unsealed. Every now and then a great mind comes along. This one was awkward and disheveled most of the time. But he had as big an impact on the advent of the computer age as any other single human. Next time you're in the elevator at work or talking to your neighbor and they seem a little bit… weird - just think… do they have a similar story. To quote Turing: “Sometimes it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine.” Thank you for tuning in to this episode of the History of Computing Podcast. We hope you can find the cryptographic message in the pod. And if not, maybe it's time to build your own bo

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, has been jailed for contempt of court for his coverage of a sex abuse trial. Separately, journalist Isabel Oakeshott has grabbed headlines with her story about what the former British ambassador to the United States, Sir Kim Darroch, thought of Donald Trump, based on leaked secret diplomatic cables. So what is Tommy Robinson actually guilty of? And why does he get jail time, whilst the publication of diplomatic documents - and a potential breach of the Official Secrets Act - is celebrated? We hear from media law trainer David Banks, award-winning Buzzfeed UK senior reporter Emily Dugan, The Sun columnist Trevor Kavanagh and BBC Home Affairs Correspondent Dominic Casciani. Presenter: Amol Rajan Producer: Paul Waters

The police have had to warn the press against publishing anything else politically sensitive which could damage the prospects of UK as a whole . Is this an outrageous challenge to our treasured entitlement to free speech? This is as a result of the British Ambassador To America resigning this week as a result of his classified report being leaked to the press. Should the press be allowed to decide what to publish under the guise of free speech? If so should anyone be held accountable for the ramifications of press profiteering from apparently saleable digital print? The mere fact that the press stand to profit causes a conflict of interest in the decision of what is of public interest and what is just saleable. Therefore the politically correct mask of free speech supposedly allowing the press to print what they want is just that. A fallacy. In this case information was leaked that was protected by the Official Secrets Act and therefore the law was broken. The press then profited from the proceeds of breaking the law and published something that many people have said many times before and in so doing made it impossible for the ambassador to continue in his current role thus forcing his resignation (nothing to do with conservative leadership candidates supporting him or not -and indeed supporting him showed no knowledge of the fact he was no longer able to fulfil his role) as well as damaging the relationship between Britain and the USA at a critical time in Brexit. It achieved nothing positive and only destroyed just for some inches of saleable digital print. This is an example of all that is bad in today's press and shows they are not worthy of the privilege of free speech or even close to it. Indeed we argue that free speech as it stands only serves to challenge and weaken structure and order as it is usually inflammatory and emotion ridden which makes logical discussion and consensus a scientific impossibility. Would a corporation or indeed the military function with free speech ? Of course not. They would be weakened immeasurably . They function with clear identity structure and hierarchy . We say that free speech is important but only in specific well defined forums for rare people specifically engaged in bettering society with nothing to gain from it apart from the good that they do. Indeed an excellent example of this was the Court Jester who's job it was to say exactly what he though of the King or Queen and even ridicule them for it. The purpose being to remind them that they were human and fallible and not divine.

The police have had to warn the press against publishing anything else politically sensitive which could damage the prospects of UK as a whole . Is this an outrageous challenge to our treasured entitlement to free speech? This is as a result of the British Ambassador To America resigning this week as a result of his classified report being leaked to the press. Should the press be allowed to decide what to publish under the guise of free speech? If so should anyone be held accountable for the ramifications of press profiteering from apparently saleable digital print? The mere fact that the press stand to profit causes a conflict of interest in the decision of what is of public interest and what is just saleable. Therefore the politically correct mask of free speech supposedly allowing the press to print what they want is just that. A fallacy. In this case information was leaked that was protected by the Official Secrets Act and therefore the law was broken. The press then profited from the proceeds of breaking the law and published something that many people have said many times before and in so doing made it impossible for the ambassador to continue in his current role thus forcing his resignation (nothing to do with conservative leadership candidates supporting him or not -and indeed supporting him showed no knowledge of the fact he was no longer able to fulfil his role) as well as damaging the relationship between Britain and the USA at a critical time in Brexit. It achieved nothing positive and only destroyed just for some inches of saleable digital print. This is an example of all that is bad in today's press and shows they are not worthy of the privilege of free speech or even close to it. Indeed we argue that free speech as it stands only serves to challenge and weaken structure and order as it is usually inflammatory and emotion ridden which makes logical discussion and consensus a scientific impossibility. Would a corporation or indeed the military function with free speech ? Of course not. They would be weakened immeasurably . They function with clear identity structure and hierarchy . We say that free speech is important but only in specific well defined forums for rare people specifically engaged in bettering society with nothing to gain from it apart from the good that they do. Indeed an excellent example of this was the Court Jester who's job it was to say exactly what he though of the King or Queen and even ridicule them for it. The purpose being to remind them that they were human and fallible and not divine.

In the latest episode of NL Hafta, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by the usual gang of Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Madhu Trehan, and special guest Praveen Donthi, staff writer at The Caravan.The discussion takes off with Praveen discussing his cover story on the rise of ANI news agency during the NDA government's tenure. He emphasises how ANI is considered over any other publication and that it reports the government's version of the truth. He adds: “It (ANI) has a monopoly … the story is: the government allowed it to be a monopoly, discouraging other people.”The discussion moves to Attorney General KK Venugopal's remarks in the Supreme Court, where he accused The Hindu of putting "stolen" documents from the Defence Ministry in the public domain which he said violated the Official Secrets Act. Madhu says, “The Official Secrets Act was written in 1923, the date itself should explain it.” The panel unanimously stands for the freedom to question the government. The panel also discusses the aftermath of the Balakote airstrikes, especially the varying numbers cited as "casualties" by media houses with no official confirmation. Praveen talks about how compromised India's national security beat is, citing his 2013 story on the same issue, and the damage these "source-based" reports do. The panel brings up the story on the "lynched" Pakistani Air Force pilot, which later turned out to be fake. Abhinandan asks, "How can the Opposition be accused of setting narrative … does anyone buy that this narrative is set by the Opposition and those who question Modi?" Manisha responds: “Forget the BJP and Congress, the international media … they are testing India’s claims of major damage, destruction of a terror camp … so all the sceptics are responding to what the government has said from day one."This and much more, so listen up! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here's a little sneak peek into the complete episode.In the latest episode, Abhinandan Sekhri is joined by the usual gang of Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande and Madhu Trehan, and special guest Praveen Donthi, staff writer at The Caravan.The discussion takes off with Praveen discussing his cover story on the rise of ANI news agency during the NDA government's tenure. The panel then talks about Attorney General KK Venugopal's remarks in the Supreme Court, where he accused The Hindu of putting "stolen" documents from the Defence Ministry in the public domain which he said violated the Official Secrets Act. They also discuss the aftermath of the Balakote airstrikes, especially the varying numbers cited as "casualties" by media houses with no official confirmation, and the issues with some "source-based reports".Listen to the full episode See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's guess is investigative journalist Mark Watts! Topics covered by Ava, Sam and Mark include:The freedom of information act which Tony Blair said was his "biggest mistake", Britain's culture of secrecy and the Official Secrets Act + billionaire registered sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein and the difference between FOI in UK and USA. Our usual #HereandFabulous and #GetintheBin segment features too! Mark Watts is a journalist who has worked for a range of national newspapers and broadcasters and is the co-ordinator of the FOIA [pronounced similar to “foyer”] Centre, a specialist research company: www.foiacentre.com. The FOIA Centre uses open-access laws, including the Freedom of Information Act and Data Protection Act, to help unearth stories for the media and uncover evidence for campaigners or legal cases. Mark was the editor of Exaro, the investigative website, for five years. Exaro closed in 2016 because of financial problems in the group that owned it. The website exposed how senior civil servants were working off-payroll to enable them to avoid tax, sparking a huge Whitehall review and a ban on the practice. Exaro revealed a secret recording in which Rupert Murdoch admitted knowing about bribery at his newspapers for decades, a story that made waves around the world. And Exaro led the way in uncovering evidence of sexual abuse by politicians and other establishment figures, forcing the government to order the overarching inquiry into child sexual abuse. Mark has previously worked for The Sunday Times, the Sunday Telegraph and the Sunday Express as well as World in Action, where he helped to expose Jonathan Aitken, the former defence procurement minister, and has written for just about every national title. Twitter handle: @MarkWatts_1 MUSIC Little Simz - Offence Linda Lewis - Sideway Shuffle Jay Z - Lucifer Inspiration Information Fela Kuti - Confusion SPONSOR WAX PRINT FILM is the story of one fabric and how it came to symbolise a continent, it's people and their struggle for freedom. A feature documentary directed by Aiwan Obinyan www.waxprintfilm.com BIOS Ava Vidal is a British comedian. She became more widely known after taking part in E4's Kings of Comedy. Her career in comedy began on the BBC's Urban Sketch Show. Before her television career, Vidal worked as a prison officer for five years in London's Pentonville Prison. Samantha Asumadu is a former documentary filmmaker and journalist. She is the founder of Media Diversified, the co-founder of Bare Lit Festival and CEO of Edmalia Limoted: TV., Talent and Crisis Management

In which our diminished and depleted heroes mourn the fires in Greece, possibly violate the Official Secrets Act, plot to throw Daniel in a canal, interview one of Graham’s neighbours and eat some really loud prawn crackers that I thought it was funnier not to edit out.

In this issue of NL Hafta, Hartosh Singh Bal, political editor of The Caravan, joins the regular Hafta gang of Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Vardhan, Manisha Pande and Raman Kirpal. They discuss The Caravan’s cover story on Anil Ambani and the Rafale deal.Manisha tells us about the reading down of Section 377, and how it is major a civil rights victory in India. The unanimous decision by the Supreme Court was met with much elation, we hear more about the sequence of events that led to this historic win.Abhinandan then brings up the report on Kanhaiya Kumar contesting in Begusarai on a CPI seat. Anand Vardhan talks about Begusarai, a region prominently known for Left politics.The conversation then moves on to Myanmar where two Reuters journalists were arrested under the Official Secrets Act after their report on the killing of 10 Rohingya men and boys. Madhu Trehan compares Aung San Suu Kyi and Nelson Mandela, and talks about Kyi’s perception as a humanitarian, during the current civil crisis in Myanmar.The team also discusses NBSA asking Arnab Goswami and Republic TV to apologise and the arrest of Lois Sofia for shouting slogans on board a plane. Listen up. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Doh Athan speaks to the families of Ko Wa Lone and Ko Kyaw Soe, the two Reuters journalists sentenced to seven years in prison earlier this month, under the country’s Official Secrets Act. The two men have been held in Insein Prison since last December, and their wives speak about how their detention has impacted lives, and in particular their two young daughters.

Major Ken Hames MBE is an adventurer and explorer in every sense. One of the aims with the podcast is to dig out diverse views of the world we live in and on today’s episode Major Hames tells incredible stories of being stuck in mine fields when at war in the Falklands, parachuting into hostile terrains all over the world, guiding people in wheelchairs through the Nicaraguan wilderness for the BBC and of his conservation work in Africa which recently saw him attacked by a rhino in Namibia. With one eye always on the Official Secrets Act there are things that Major Ken can’t tell us, but the stories he can and does divulge are riveting.   On this episode we cover: Ken’s book Fallen Angel, co-written with Keith Turnbull, not swinging through windows with boxes of chocolates, learning some serious skills, M-style gadgets, shooting over the shoulder whist having a cup of coffee, Bear Grylls, going without food, sleep deprivation, torture, Guantanamo, the lonely life of a soldier, jumping out of aeroplanes, parachuting into the sea, going to the arctic, the many things he can’t tell us, the hostile environment of central America, piles of cocaine, getting shot at off the coast of Belize, the fear of bombs in Northern Ireland, his experience in the Falklands, not having the right kit in the cold, getting caught in a mine field, getting shot several times, the harrowing bombing of the Sir Galahad, Simon Weston, losing friends and colleagues in battle, The Ascension Islands, how his mother dealt with him going to war, PTSD and bad dreams, dealing with post-war anxiety, counselling, the camaraderie of army life, his Dad’s experience in WW2, joining the army age 16, his tough childhood on a Derbyshire farm, getting refused entry to Sandhurst, being bullied by the boys from the tough estates, the RAC Independent Parachute Squadron, getting his parachute wings age 17, parachuting onto the top of mountains, into jungle clearings, onto beaches, his parachute not opening, American spy planes in Cyprus, being unable to stand on a plane, taking disabled people across Nicaraguan wilderness for BBC’s Beyond Boundaries, raising the awareness of disability, climbing with blind Frenchmen, looking for Inca cold in the Andes, getting slashed by six foot razor-sharp plants in Llanganates mountains in Ecuador, The Conquistadors, desert landscapes in Africa, conservation work, his love of a desert campfire (albeit with lions hanging around), getting charged by a Rhino in Namibia, his love of architecture, the curiosity of humans to travel, the need to look over the horizon Climbing the Alps in Lederhosen, hanging around with the Von Trapps, The Dolomites, the attraction of remote places, the exploratory urge of humans, the discovery of the interior of Australia, Into the Wild, Christopher McCandless, the Special Forces currently unseen on our streets, frightening old ladies in lifts in Columbia, being bound by the Official Secrets Act, disliking the TV revelations of Special Forces training, his friendship with Princess Diana, conservation work in Africa, Venice gondoliers, Italy’s unexpected Wilderness, the song that reminds him of his mum

NL Hafta has gone behind the paywall, but we love our listeners. So, here’s a little sneak peak of the episode where we discuss the case of The Quint journalist Poonam Agarwal being booked under the Official Secrets Act, UP's Anti-Romeo Squads, the finance bill & lots more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Poonam Agarwal, a journalist with The Quint, was recently booked under the Official Secrets Act after an army jawan allegedly committed suicide because of her ‘exposé’ of the sahayak system in the army. While The Quint should have been better and swifter to respond, why isn't the rest of the media outraging over this? Raghu Karnad, contributing editor of The Wire, joins us this week to talk about the serious consequences of the Official Secrets Act and what this means for journalists. Joining him is the regular Hafta gang, Abhinandan Sekhri, Madhu Trehan, Anand Ranganathan, Deepanjana Pal and Manisha Pande. We also discuss why crucial things such as the Finance Bill, 2017 and money bill are barely getting any coverage on prime time? They also take on the Anti-Romeo Squads in Uttar Pradesh, the crackdown on slaughterhouses and much more. Listen Up! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

First a shameless plug. Lesley's terrific series on the links between Ulster and Scotland ends this Sunday and if you want to see the final episode or catch up on previous ones, follow this link http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08dwgbz We return to the podcast after a week on the sick and Lesley reflects on her off again , now on again upcoming op and the state of the NHS. I continue the medical theme , with a sporting twist. The recent revelations over dementia and heading footballs lead me to the Frank's Law campaign. We wonder what the Scottish Government could/should do in the light of the UK's seeming roll back from the Dubs plan to rescue refugee children. No week is complete these days without mentioning the Donald and we don't disappoint as 45 meets Netanyahu and complains about leaks. Closer to home Lesley looks at the report on reform of the 1989 Official Secrets Act and what the resounding silence in most of the media over this says about the state of our surveillance society. Lesley rants, justifiably, about the £21million pound nuclear industry archive to be created in Wick. All this in addition to radio ventriloquism,"T2",spoiler alerts for "Lion" and my mum phoning mid podcast.      

The Law Commission has opened consultations on proposals to update the Official Secrets Act - something it says is necessary in the light of new technology and the internet. But civil society groups say they fear the suggested changes could deter whistleblowers from exposing wrongdoing, make it more difficult for journalists to do their jobs and undermine the transparency that keeps democracy healthy. We hear from former MP Rupert Allason who writes histories of the intelligence services under the name Nigel West. And from Bella Sankey, director of policy for the human rights organisation Liberty. Also - magazines that champion long form journalism are increasing their circulation, despite the long term decline in revenue hitting other print publications. We hear from Stig Abell, the new editor of the Times Literary Supplement, why he thinks the likes of his magazine and others like Private Eye, the Spectator, London Review of Books and the New Statesman are bucking the trend. And - we dip into the row over Bauer Radio's leaked style guide. These are the rules that radio presenters have to follow while speaking on air. They've been criticised as far too restrictive and described as "soulless" and "sucking the joy out of radio". But what's the science and psychology behind them, and do they make more sense than their critics allow? We hear from Talk Radio presenter Iain Lee and radio consultant Matt Deegan of Folder Media. Presenter: Julian Worricker Producer: Paul Waters.

Professor Sunil Khilnani from the King's India Institute in London, on the life and legacy of the Indian business tycoon Dhirubhai Ambani, founder of Reliance Industries. The son of a penurious schoolteacher, Ambani credited himself with an almost animal instinct for trading, coupled with a steel trap memory and an appetite for audacious risk. Today fifteen per cent of all India's exports go out in his company's name. It's the ultimate rag to riches story, mixed with street cunning and dazzling deals. In one case, which began with a tip from an underworld don, Ambani executives were accused of violating the Official Secrets Act by possessing sensitive Cabinet documents, including a draft national budget. A joke quickly did the Delhi rounds: the budget wasn't leaked to Reliance; Reliance had leaked the budget to the ministry. Producer: Mark Savage Editor: Hugh Levinson.

September 2015 Nearly ninety Veterans of the Government Code and Cypher School and its many outstations gathered at Bletchley Park on Sunday 6 September, to reminisce and meet old friends and new. After a summer of 70th anniversary commemorations, it was a chance for people who worked in secret at both Bletchley Park and its outstations to remember their contribution. They took the opportunity to bring their friends and families to soak up the atmosphere back in the very buildings where they did their vital war work. There were also plenty of chances to share memories with people who worked in different sections. The Veterans are now free from the obligations of the Official Secrets Act and can discuss the details of their work, in stark contrast to the strict rules to which they all adhered during the dark days of World War Two. Listen in as we speak to five Veterans making their first appearance on the Bletchley Park Podcast, some speaking publicly for the very first time. Japanese Naval Section Wren Margaret Thomas, Dennis Underwood of the 14th Army, Hollerith Operator & decoder Joan Joslin, Hanslope Park Engineer Bartram Robinson and finally Florence Cole, a WAAF Teleprinter Operator based at Chicksands from 1943 to 1944. She said "All these years, I 've never considered myself important enough to talk about it. I 've never felt I was very special but I can look back now and think maybe I did contribute a little bit. " Many thanks to roving reporters Sarah Langston and Kerry Howard. Picture: ©shaunarmstrong/mubsta.com Margaret Wilson was a WAAF Morse Slip Reader at Bletchley Park from 1944 to 1946. She attended the Veterans’ Reunion with her daughter Kay Tonks (left), granddaughter Amy Brennan (right) and great grandson, Caelan Brennan (on Margaret’s lap). #BPark, #Bletchleypark, #Enigma, #WW2Veteran, #History, #WW270

July 2015 This brand new episode celebrates five years of the Roll of Honour, which aims to record all those who worked at Bletchley Park and its outstations during World War Two. It now holds nearly 11 thousand names, as well as a rich archive of memories, anecdotes and photographs. Also this month, hear from Bletchley Park Veteran Betty Webb MBE, about how keeping news of her honour secret for seven weeks was harder than sticking to the Official Secrets Act for more than 30 years. Betty was named in the Birthday Honours list for remembering and promoting the work of Bletchley Park. Time is rapidly running out to see The Imitation Game, The Exhibition. It features costumes, the replica Bombe machine built for the Oscar-winning film about Alan Turing plus drawings, props and exclusive interviews with the actors and director talking about what it was like to shoot parts of the story where it really happened - in the rooms where filming took place. Hear the moving acceptance speech given by screenwriter Graham Moore when he took home the Oscar for best adapted screenplay. Plus, we take one last peek behind the scenes during filming at Bletchley Park as well, in a never-heard-before interview with the Oscar nominated Production Designer Maria Djurkovic and Location Manager David Broder. Meanwhile, the school holidays are fast approaching. Fear not, we have all the entertainment you need to keep the kids occupied. Details of BrightSparks@BletchleyPark are in this month’s episode. Picture: ©Crown. Reproduced by kind permission, Director, GCHQ Special thanks to everyone at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for allowing us to use Graham Moore’s acceptance speech, especially Lawreen Loeser for all the help. #BPark, #Bletchleypark, #Enigma, #WW2Veteran, #History, #TheImitationGame

November 2012 This month we have an original code breaker joining the Mythbusters, the story of a MIA Spy Pigeon, how 1940’s tech is working better than ever & the youngest person to ever sign the Official Secrets Act. #BParkPodcast #BPark #Turing #Enigma

An interview with The Futureheads, reviews of singles by the likes of Weezer, The Flaming Lips and LCD Soundsystem, and a Christmas treat from Official Secrets Act. Our longest, strongest one yet.

The boys do their very best to bring some of the best new music straight to your ears whilst entertaining with random stories (that this week turn out to be mainly about poopsy). Tunes from Lisa Mitchell, Fix Monday, Official Secrets Act and Gavin Osborn. Also chapters are now included so you can skip through to any songs you want. Enjoy.

Government Advisors, Astrologer Advisor Club, Patriot Business, Freaking Out, the Real Born Again Experience, Official Secrets Act, Predictions, Francis Bacon, Peter Wright MI5, Kelly and Others, Waco, Catherine de Medici, Sinclairs and Montgomerys, Knights Templar, Novum Organum, Pythagoras, Essenes and Revolution, (Song: "Cold on the Shoulder" by Gordon Lightfoot, "Magical Mystery Tour" by the Beatles)