Annie Machon

Annie Machon is a former intelligence officer for MI5, the UK Security Service, who resigned in the late 1990s to blow the whistle on the spies’ incompetence and crimes with her ex-partner, David Shayler. Drawing on her varied experiences, she is now a public speaker, writer, media pundit, international tour and event organiser, political campaigner, and PR consultant.

UK spies go on the offensive with yet another costly intelligence agency Opinion
With all the already existing British intelligence agencies, it is puzzling why the UK needs yet another costly cyber force to counter Russia and terrorism amid national financial uncertainty.
Sep 24, 2018 16:40
Former MI6 spy v WikiLeaks editor: Who really deserves 1st Amendment protection? Opinion
If 'Dirty Dossier' author Christopher Steele deserves protection under the 1st Amendment but WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange doesn’t, then the concept of a free press is merely a distant memory.
Aug 24, 2018 15:04
Sam Adams Associates: The unique club that lists Manning, Snowden & Assange among awardees Opinion
Since 2002 the unique Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence has been given annually in either the US or Europe. This year the awards took place in Washington DC, and the prize went to veteran journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Seymour Hersh.
Sep 30, 2017 14:48
US raid of Russian diplomatic sites a ‘parade of power to reassert claim for global dominion’ Opinion
The shutting and subsequent searches of Russia’s diplomatic sites are a meaningless show of power and domination by the US, which, however, could help push through controversial new intelligence related legislation, believes Annie Machon, a former MI5 intelligence officer.
Sep 3, 2017 03:25
‘European knee-jerk reaction - Arab psycho or criminal is seen as terrorist’ Opinion
There is a fusing of terminology between a terrorist, a criminal and mentally ill people, and in Europe, it seems to depend on skin color. If someone happens to be Arab, he might be called a terrorist, claims former MI5 intelligence officer Annie Machon.
Aug 3, 2017 13:35
‘Greatest threat to US democracy is its sham two-party system, not Russia’ Opinion
The FBI chief's statement about Russian threat to US democracy is hot air designed to obfuscate Clinton’s failure, while the attacks on WikiLeaks are fanning the flames of Julian Assange’s mistrial, says former MI5 intelligence officer Annie Machon.
May 4, 2017 12:09
‘Flynn sacrificed to prevent Trump from recalibrating US relations with Russia’ Opinion
The scandal that led to Michael Flynn's resignation is a part of a campaign to present Russia as the “eternal enemy of America,” while the ultimate goal of this “deep-state conspiracy” is to delegitimize Donald Trump’s presidency, believes former MI5 agent Annie Machon.
Feb 16, 2017 03:05
Report on Russian hacking: ‘Case of fake news & propaganda’ Opinion
A joint FBI and DHS report on Russia’s alleged hacking of the US presidential election provides no evidence and is a case of fake news and propaganda aimed at undermining the legitimacy of Trump’s win, says former MI5 intelligence officer Annie Machon.
Dec 30, 2016 13:41
‘Berlin attack is pure definition of terror’ Opinion
Lone-wolf attack are one of the most difficult challenges that security services face. Even the impressive German surveillance system, based on “slightly dubious legal grounds” can't prevent them, former MI5 intelligence officer Annie Machon told RT.
Dec 21, 2016 00:55
Is the United States facing a coup d’etat? Opinion
I fear that soon the curtain will finally be brought down on the puppet show that passes for democracy in America, and those who for decades have been pulling the strings will come raging into the light, red in tooth and claw.
Dec 18, 2016 14:03

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