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Sunday, October 05, 2003

Kafka: The Most Disturbing Spy
Desks were rifled, diaries were read and address books photocopied so that the information could then be transferred to BAE. CAAT members were often followed.
Le Chene’s agents were instructed to take particular interest in connections between anti-arms trade pressure groups and the House of Commons. Meetings and correspondence with MPs of all three parties was closely monitored and advance warning of any parliamentary events was always reported.

· The infiltration was so bad that one of Le Chene's agents even acted as secretary of CAAT [in Denial]

Present Soros: Silenced
Silenced was made possible by a grant from the Open Society Institute. Blogs has evolved to become an increasingly important platform not just for economic development, but also as a support for advocates who wish to express their opinion freely and to work toward the development of democracy.
· Platform Bits [Privacy International]
· Speech Makers [BostonviaGoogle]

Past Spy pictures of suffragettes revealed
Photos uncovered by the National Archives show how the police spied on the suffragettes. These covert images - perhaps the UK's first spy pictures - have gone on display to mark the centenary of the votes-for-women movement.
· Irony and Spying Dead in 21st century (smile) [BBC ]

Future Leaks
Terry Moran of ABC News says top officials in the West Wing aren't leaking, but the "level two and level three" people are starting to talk to reporters. NYDN's Ken Bazinet adds: "There's an undercurrent of career employees who feel like they are being picked off by the political appointees." They're the leakers. Harry Jaffe reports there are signs the White House may be striking back at reporters it considers too aggressive, including Moran and NBC's David Gregory.
· Shafer: Exactly what law did Novak's leakers break?[(Slate) viaRomenesko]
· Claim: White House correspondents are finding more leakers (Washingtonian)
· Open Leaks [Diplomacymonitor]
· Blogging v journalism: Harvard University [the Nieman Reports PDF]