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Spy story pure propaganda – ex-MI5 officer
Published: 30 June, 2010, 17:51
Edited: 29 July, 2010, 22:06
TAGS: Crime, Scandal, Russia, USA
“There is a whole range of layers” behind the recent arrests of alleged spies in the US, believes former MI5 officer, Annie Machon, “with political being only one of them.”
“The intelligence agencies in the US have been very much under attack for the last year or two, for a whole number of reasons,” Machon explained. “They were involved in things like extraordinary renditions, torture, surveillance of domestic political activists. So to go back to a good old-fashioned Cold War spy story and regain a bit of credibility, I think, is something they would probably aspire to.”
“Within the intelligence world there are competing agencies. I think at the last count, there are 17 agencies in the US, and they all vie for position and prestige and resources and staff numbers. So of course, if the FBI can produce this wonderful result suddenly, out of the blue, then their credit will skyrocket.”
30.06.2010, 03:13
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I love how everyone comes up with the conspiracy theories when this happens. Anyone stop to think why she is a "former" agent. Probably because of her fantasy world. The simple truth is everyone continues to spy on everyone else. Remember the big deal about the Mossad agents caught in the U.S. There is nothing fancy to be read into this, it is just another spy bust. It will continue forever.
This "story" was put out before the Russian government changed its initial tune of denial to admitting that the spies were Russian agents. If I were an RT journalist, I'd feel ashamed at having to put out such worthless blather and then be undercut by one's own "chlebodarci." But again, if I worked for RT, I probably wouldn't have any concept of shame anyway.