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Ring! Ring! Mind Your Bling! (updated August 1st 2026)

The Tap Blog started twenty years ago. I had retired and gone to live in Manila. Being eight hours ahead gave me time to analyse the various newsfeeds and write something pertinent before the western world awoke. It was conventionally political writing, until 2009 when a reader sent in a comment suggesting I studied some videos and writings of Dr Stan Monteith of Radio Liberty in Monterrey Bay. This was 2009. Read more...

Defence of Necessity – Breaching the Official Secrets Act – Interview with Katharine Gun – Link below

1 year ago

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https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/a-defence-of-necessity-breaching-the-official-secrets-act-with-katharine-gun In 2003, whilst working as a translator for the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), Katharine Gun received an email which directed British intelligence to spy on foreign governments for American interests. Acting in accordance with her conscience, Katharine took a copy of the email, which was subsequently printed by The Observer, leading to her arrest. The criminal …