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01 September 1998

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The hills have ears, Ally Fogg. Squall 16 (Summer) 1998, pp20-21. This piece looks at the "rapidly expanding and unaccountable" US National Security Agency run RAF Menworth Hill located near Harrogate, north Yorkshire. It notes "plans for the continued expansion of Menworth Hill until at least 2005".

Heirs of the KGB: Russia's Intelligence and Security Services, Mark Galeotti. Jane's Intelligence Review Special Report, no 19, July 1998.

Spy station F83, Nicholas Rufford. Sunday Times 31.5.98., p11. This piece looks at "the worlds most powerful eavesdropping station", RAF Menworth Hill in Yorkshire. It considers the expansion of the site and German, Italian and French complaints at American involvement: "What is Great Britain, as a member of the European Union, doing participating in a programme which since the end of the cold war has concentrated on spying on her European partners on behalf of the United States?"

Spies, lies and my feud with MI6, Richard Tomlinson. Guardian Saturday review 15.8.98., pp1-2. Former MI6 agent, Tomlinson, describes his six months in Belmarsh prison for offences against the Official Secrets Act: "I.. resent the fact that MI6 officers lied to justify my dismissal, then used the Official Secrets Act to cover their dishonesty. Rather than question the judgement and integrity of the service itself, they chose the cowardly option of pursuing a case against me - a move symptomatic...of the malaise of complacency at the heart of the service."

Undercover. Der BND und die deutschen Journalisten (BND and German journalists), Erich Schmidt-Eenboom, Cologne, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1998, pp431, ISBN 3-462-02715-8. For decades the Bundesnachrichtendients (BND), the German secret service, has infiltrated the media. A clear violation of the constitution which excludes domestic intelligence. Based on dozens of interviews and archival research, this book examines the cooperation of journalists with the BND and the influence of the BND on public opinion in Germany.

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