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Misuse of Pegasus Was Enabled by Governments Ignoring Calls to Reform Intelligence Agencies
Since Independence, every Union government brushed aside opportunities to create oversight mechanisms which are common in other parts of the world.
Illustration: The Wire
Rights28/Jul/2021
When India won Independence, it had the choice of two models for its intelligence agencies. One was the United States’s version, which gave intelligence work a legal basis, insisting on accountability and transparency through a system of checks and balances. George Washington, one of the founding fathers of the US, established this principle in his first State of the Union address in January 1790 by requesting the US Congress for funds to finance intelligence operations. The US passed the National Security Act in 1947 and the CIA Act in 1949 to cement these principles.
John Stonehouse, My Father by Julia Stonehouse; Stonehouse by Julian Hayes â review
John Stonehouse on his way from the House of Commons to Horseferry Road magistrates court, October 1975. Photograph: Ken Towner/Evening News/Shutterstock
John Stonehouse on his way from the House of Commons to Horseferry Road magistrates court, October 1975. Photograph: Ken Towner/Evening News/Shutterstock
Two relatives of John Stonehouse offer differing reasons for why, nearly 50 years ago, the Labour MP, philanderer and suspected spy faked his own death in the strangest political story of the 1970s
Sun 25 Jul 2021 02.00 EDT
John Stonehouse was a politician who had it all. He was tall, good looking, clever, fiercely ambitious and an energetic campaigner for his causes with a high capacity for turning on the charm. Being a former RAF pilot and the son of a Labour mayor of Southampton helped lubricate his ascent in the party. After serving as junior minister of aviation and minister of state
MI5 Security Service (via Public) / Director General Ken McCallum gives annual threat update 2021 publicnow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from publicnow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ю. Кобаладзе― Добрый вечер.
А. Венедиктов― Добрый вечер. И мы решили с Юрием Георгиевичем поговорить о шпионах и разведчиках. О людях, которые во время холодной войны, во время Великой Отечественной, Второй мировой…
Ю. Кобаладзе― И до нее.
А. Венедиктов― Работали не за страх, а за совесть. Или вернее мы решим, за что они работали. Знаменитая «кембриджская пятерка». Мы, конечно, в основном знаем исключительно о Филби. Но на самом деле Филби самый известный, но может быть не самый главный. И поэтому мы сделаем для вас несколько передач. А сейча