New Statesman 1982
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Police chief was gunrunner’s official linkDuncan Campbell reveals high level connections of two ex-CIA terror salesman. 15 January, 1982 |
British army prepares for chemical warfareIn the US, President Reagan is expected soon to authorise a new programme for nerve gas bombs and shells for use in Europe and elsewhere. 22 January, 1981 |
TV journalist arrested under OSAJournalist Stephen Scott - of London Weekend TV, who was arrested for seven hours on Tuesday for alleged Official Secrets Act offences. 26 January, 1981 |
Petrol bombs legalA Leeds shopkeeper who prepared a stock of petrol bomb components for use during the July riots has not been charged with any offence by police a month after a police raid. 26 January, 1981 |
Green Berets' come to stay in UKA new American base for 'unconventional warfare' troops has now come into operation it Machrihanish, on the Kintyre peninsula on the west coast of Scotland, as part of expanding 12 February, 1981 |
The disappearing bomb factoryA Leeds shopkeeper who prepared a stock of petrol bomb components for use during the July riots has not been charged with any offence by police a month after a police raid recovered evidence of the bomb preparations. 19 February, 1981 |
Top cop in links probeMetropolitan Police Commissioner Sir David' McNee received a few days ago the report of an investigation of allegations that one of his senior staff regularly met with a now-convicted gunrunner. 5 March, 1981 |
The monster that just growsIn a discreet Mayfair building, MI5 is busy setting up a gigantic secret State databank with the facility to tap into our personal files in other government departments. 5 March, 1981 |
Reagan’s hit-team comes to BritainA secret conference to teach British industrialists, military figures and right-wing conservatives the election techniques of the American 'New Right' is to take place in London. 12 March, 1981 |
Fleet street sings for its supperThe MoD is making a mighty effort to massage public opinion into accepting the Trident submarine missile system - at acost which not even its enthusiasts reckon to be less than £8 billion. 12 March, 1982 |
The fruitcake rightDuncan Campbell looks at the 12 March, 1982 |
Trident: US insists that Britain buys blindThe recent decision by the MoD to confirm its purchase of the American Trident Missile system is being made in almost total ignorance of Trident's most vital features: whether it can resist Soviet defences. 26 March, 1982 |
Nuclear train derailedA goods train with a nuclear 12 March, 1982 |
Mellish on don’t vote labour rowBob Mellish, the man who kept out Peter Tatchell, supports an anti-labour candidates in local elections. 26 April, 1982 |
Secret deal for SheernessWhat price will Mrs Thatcher pay to ensure that a £40 million bunker is built with steel from a private strikebreaking firm? 30 April, 1982 |
How we spy on ArgentinaBritain's intelligence on the South Atlantic ought to be second to none - but how is it used? 30 April, 1982 |
Leaky police dischargeTwo police officers have been discharged from Thames Valley Police following an official investigation of the leakage of police computer information. 14 May, 1982 |
Government inquiry into NS leakA major security investigation has been launched to find the source of the New Statesman's revelations revealing how the government was influencing steel contracts for the new RAF war headquarters. 21 May, 1982 |
Ships sail back from HollywoodBritain's intelligence on the South Atlantic ought to be second to none - but how is it used? 28 May, 1982 |
No lessons learntDespite the Falklands, international arms dealing will continue, and the South Atlantic will be a less safe 4 June, 1982 |
After the war is overSeveral initiatives to evacuate Islanders from the battle zone came to nothing. Duncan Campbell and Steve Walker ask whether the wishes of the Falklanders really count anymore. 11 june, 1982 |
The mounting costs of military exploitsThe costs of the Fauklands war have now amount to over £2.1 billion, primarily because of the major naval losses and the duration of the conflict. 18 June, 1982 |
Back in the bomb businessDuncan Campbell reports on a secret £250 million plan to rebuild the nuclear weapons factory tor the 21st century. 2 July , 1982 |
The enemy at homeDuncan Campbell opens up government documents to discover when the first aim of war is to defeat the 'subversives' at home 2 July , 1982 |
Armageddon postponedAn all-out nuclear battle between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, scheduled to start on 2 October, was postponed last week by the Home Office 23 July, 1982 |
Secrecy for its own sakeIn the light of the latest spy case -the arrest of Russian intelligence specialist, Geoffrey Prime -Duncan campbell looks back at GCHQ's lack of any accountability. 23 July, 1982 |
Failed in walesThe Welsh radical monthly magazine. Rebecca has stopped publication after 10 years. Duncan Campbell on a muck-raking journal. 30 July, 1982 |
The real mafia manBob Mellish has retired from the Labour Party amid a blaze of accusations of 'mafia tactics' and 'hit lists' levelled at the London and Bermondsey Labour Parties. 6 August, 1982 |
Nuclear convoyA heavily guarded RAF convoy crossed Britain at least twice during July, and was seen in Suffolk and photgraphed in Devon. 13 August, 1982 |
Peace man deportedA year long Swedish security case came to an undignified end last week when Owen Wilkes, a researcher at the renowned Stockholm International Peace Research Institute arrived in New Zealand after being deported. 10 September, 1982 |
Bad day at hard rockIn the first of three reports based on his forthcoming book, Duncan Campbell exposes the basis on which the government proposed to 17 September, 1982 |
Operation Major may be 'a breach of law'A Thames Valley police officer is to be investigated for alleged fabrication of evidence in connection with the force's well publicised 'Operation Major' against social security claimants. 24 September, 1982 |
Planning for genocideIn a third report based on his forthcoming book, Duncan Campbell describes how the government underestimates the nuclear death toll. 1 October, 1982 |
Forcing labour into the bunkersThe Home Office last week revealed its plans to fight back against Labour Councils and other authorities who have declared themselves 'nuclear-free'. 15 October, 1982 |
Informers and new technologyDuncan Campbell previews a new book which looks at the changing ways of police information gathering - the result of which typically includes files on one-in-six adult urban males. 12 October, 1982 |
Inside the Sigint empireThe revelation this week of the intense American concern about the extent of Soviet espionage in Britain has again focused attention on GCHQ - the electronic espionage headquarters in Cheltenham. 29 October, 1982 |
War, peace or truth gamesThe independent Broadcasting Authority says that there is 'some doubt' over whether or not it will allow Central TV to go ahead and transmit a new 90minute documentary by John Pilger on nuclear weapons. 29 October, 1982 |
GCHQ's lost secretsThe electronic spy agency at the centre of the continuing security row, has covered up the loss of many top secret documents from an intelligence station specially built to spy on the Chinese space and missile programme. 5 November, 1982 |
Unaccountable empire buildingDuncan Campbell reveals for the first time the pyramid of official committees that 'control' Britain's spying activities. 19 November, 1982 |
Export boom for arms in IndonesiaA new round of arms sales to Indonesia is planned by British government officials, according to a classified report obtained by the New Statesman. 12 Novemeber, 1982 |
Friends and othersDuncan Campbell concludes his anatomy of Britain's secret services, following the Geoffrey Prime case 26 November, 1982 |
Who is a threat to state secrecy?A copy of the positive vetting form which is used to check people in sensitive security positions, has been obtained by the New Statesman. 3 December, 1982 |
Cabinet protects and revises secret civil defence plansThe Home Office has refused to reveal details of a secret plan which may turn the government's civil defence policy on its head. 10 December, 1982 |
America's base motivesDuncan Campbell reports on plans to create a new American war headquarters at High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire 17 December, 1982 |
Greenham commonA new image of Greenham Common cruise base is the first picture to be published showing the construction of the massively reinforced nuclear shelters for cruise missiles. 31 December, 1982 |
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