A former MI6 chief and an ex-C.I.A. officer are offering a program for budding intelligence practitioners at Magdalene College, Cambridge — one of several U.K. universities with links to British intelligence, Mark Curtis reports.
Mark Curtis of Declassified UK speaks with legendary journalist John Pilger, who began filing for the Daily Mirror in the 1960s, about the fall of British journalism.
A U.S. government-funded agency that claims to promote democracy but which helps undermine governments independent of Washington has moved decisively into Britain’s media space since 2016.
Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis report on the personal ties between two men with major roles – one past and the other pending — in the case of the WikiLeaks publisher.
The British public can no longer afford its governments to run reckless around the world with no heed to the long-term consequences, write Phil Miller and Mark Curtis.
On Wednesday the U.S. will challenge its grounds to appeal medical evidence that led to the denial of Julian Assange’s extradition. But there are conflicts of interests with U.S. witness Dr. Nigel Blackwood, who claimed Assange’s suicide risk is “manageable.”
And James Cleverly is not the only member of Boris Johnson’s government to fail to answer parliamentary questions on the same subject, Mark Curtis reports.