New Statesman 1979
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Repressing mathematicsThe US National Security Agency is pushing for new laws to restrict mathematical research being published freely around the world on the basis of 'national security.' 14 December, 1979 |
'We've just been lucky'Nuclear Installations Inspectorate perilously overstretched. 7 December, 1979 |
A nuclear attackNew Anti-Nuclear Campaign set up to challenge nuclear power in Britain. 30 November, 1979 |
Towards the Police StateWhat Tory freedom really means. with Christopher Price9 November, 1979 |
Inside the 'Snuffbox'MI5 is the mysterious 'Box 500,' the organisation feeding security information to the Immigration Service. 2 November, 1979 |
Computer-run policingA new plan for the Greater Manchester police force places so much emphasis on computer control that the police would plod to a standstill without it. 26 October, 1979 |
DPP 1: NS 0Attorney-General granted leave to bring contempt proceedings against the New Statesman. 19 October, 1979 |
Helping tax dodgersNew government cuts could seriously affect the muscle in Inland Revenue's investigative arm. 19 October, 1979 |
The lying syndromeRussian nuclear disaster provided basis for much of the scientific research. 12 October, 1979 |
In tune with apartheidLondon's Capital Radio provided a model and co-operation for new South African station 12 October, 1979 |
The Prague SyndromeCzech nuclear accidents reveal contempt for safety. 5 October, 1979 |
Fiddling with JuriesNew revelations about state-sponsored jury vetting are just the latest in an ever-growing tapestry. with Phil Jeffreys28 September, 1979 |
Sinking reputationsNorwegian trial exposes international tax-dodging. with Blaine Stothard21 September, 1979 |
Here we go againAs the trial of six anarchists gets underway at the Old Bailey, the mood is very different than it was 15 months previous. 21 September, 1979 |
Information ProvidersThe Post Office's new Prestel computer system is to be finally introduced. By Peter Sonner & Duncan Campbell14 September, 1979 |
Sea-sick in NorwayHow a British bank set up a tax avoidance empire with Blaine Stothard17 August, 1979 |
Keeping tabs on everyonePolice 'local intelligence' files come to light for the first time. 10 August, 1979 |
Hawkers by appointmentThere is a future for even despot monarchs. 3 August, 1979 |
Axes out at the MirrorThe failure of the Mirror's new printing system claims top-level scalp. 3 August, 1979 |
Old soldiers never diePrivate protection companies defy foreign policy by giving in and paying millions in bribery demands. 20 July, 1979 |
The Army's Secret OpinionThe war in Northern Ireland, seen from Whitehall's operations rooms, is wholly different from its public image. 13 July, 1979 |
The siren song of System XOne Union's gain may be another's loss. 8 June, 1979 |
Political bias exposed in official statisticsA campaign to re-assess the political role of statistics is marked by the recent publication of Demystifying Social Statistics. 8 June, 1979 |
New prison for immigrantsHome Office files reveal plans for £850,000 detention centre. 1 June, 1979 |
Mirror's old technologyMirror Group finally gives in and abandons its new printing operations. 1 June, 1979 |
New ways for official secrecyMagistrates have determined that some of the evidence confiscated from Campbell during the ABC Case is the property of the Post Office... and have handed it back. 1 June, 1979 |
Mirror's costly failureThe Mirror's new printing system is continuing to cause a financial and logistical headache. 18 May, 1979 |
CIA funds research by EysenckFiles released by the Central Intelligence Agency have revealed British involvement in their massive 'mind control' programme. 11 May, 1979 |
Press freedom on trial in GermanyGerman newspaper editor faces trial over two stories deemed to be 'insulting' to the Federal Republic. 11 May, 1979 |
Journalist arrestedFollowing a trip to Northern Ireland where he interviewed members of the Provisional IRA, Time Out journalist, Ron McKay, has been arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. 6 April, 1979 |
Meanwhile, in Britain...The Harrisburg incident is a discomforting reminder of the determination of the British nuclear industry to import the American Pressurised Water Reactor design to Britain. 6 April, 1979 |
BP sets up Saudi secret policeA BP subsidiary has bribed its way into selling computers in Saudi Arabia, paying at least £5 million to win business from the Saudis' General Intelligence Department. 23 March, 1979 |
Friendly penetrationsHow the US infiltrated Italy's security services*** 2 March, 1979 |
Special relationshipsThe United States International Communication Agency declares the UKUSA communications relationship is without 'parallel.' 16 February, 1979 |
Facts and figures of phone tappingThe British High Court is set to rule on whether phone tapping by the Police and British government has any legal authority. 9 February, 1979 |
Threat of the electronic spiesVast sums are swallowed on intelligence collection, yet the agencies systematically fail to foresee important crises - Iran being the major recent example. 2 February, 1979 |
The new barbariansCIA document details how the organisation wanted to extract poison from Nile crocodiles for assassination or amnesia inducing purposes. 2 February, 1979 |
No figs for data protectionDespite the popularity of the Lindop report on Data Protection, the government continues to drag its feet on privacy and civil liberties legislation. 2 February, 1979 |
Sam Silkin and the art of self defenceThe upcoming Official Information Bill could strengthen protection for intelligence journalism, unless the Attorney General has his way. 26 January, 1979 |
A new Norwegian 'resistance'Norway's liberal credentials are being tested by a series of security trials. 26 January, 1979 |
Juries under attackThe latest attack on British justice comes from the Association of Chief Police Officers, who are proposing 'jury vetting' as standard procedure. 19 January 1979 |
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