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Nigel West
Nigel West is the author of over twenty books and is a lecturer at the Center for Counterintelligence and Security Studies in Washington, DC.
Tapping the Line
Scotland Yard finds itself in the curious position of collecting evidence for foreign jurisdictions that cannot be presented in the UK.
The Red Baroness
EU foreign minister Baroness Ashton, who has never had any elected office, is a typical ambitious left-wing apparatchik.
Fort Hood's Terrorist?
These clues suggest he was a self-recruited jihadist, but there is also widespread concern that worries about prejudice inhibited complaints.
Lost at Sea?
The apparent disappearance of the freighter Arctic Sea in August 2009 has all the elements of an espionage thriller.
Obituary: Oleg Tsarev
Tsarev understood the demands of western academia and made little effort to sanitize some of the more unpalatable aspects of Soviet history.
Bletchley in good hands
The Park has been handicapped by more than a decade by well-intentioned amateurs who seemed reluctant to take advice
The Supreme Court sits
Unusually, it is not just the participants who remain anonymous, but even the very fact that there is a dispute is veiled in secrecy.
Neutralising Iran's threat
Both reports said Iran would have acquired sufficient uranium for a weapon in the autumn of 2009, which is precisely where we are now.
Libya confidential
The disclosure of the previously confidential documents, intended to clear the Scottish administration of any complicity, does reveal embarrassments.
A terrorist's life assurance
His elimination by Special Forces demonstrates that participation in a terrorist organization is guaranteed to severely limit an individual’s life expectancy.
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