Recent articles by Crispin Black

A smooth British retreat from Afghanistan would be a first

Wed 23 May, AT 15:59 Crispin Black

Retreat is the most difficult military operation to carry out - because there is no hope of victory

Philip Hammond has failed to ask what our armed forces are for

Wed 16 May, AT 07:42 Crispin Black

Do we really need an aircraft carrier that might already be obsolete - or an army that can fight foreign wars?

Spy-in-bag death can be solved if police are allowed to do their job

Wed 2 May, AT 15:09 Crispin Black

Police investigating Gareth Williams's death have been hamstrung by 'national security' concerns

Belhadj rendition: why the MI6 spooks dropped Jack Straw in it

Wed 18 Apr, AT 08:53 Crispin Black

As Straw is served legal papers, it seems today's secret agents are no longer prepared to take the fall for politicians

Titanic and Sir Galahad: what links the two tragedies

Tue 10 Apr, AT 09:06 Crispin Black

A survivor of the Argentine attack on Sir Galahad reflects on missed warnings and misplaced trust

Death of a GCHQ code-breaker: no wonder his family smell a rat

Mon 2 Apr, AT 08:41 Crispin Black

Gareth Williams's family are right – this has always looked like the work of a meticulous professional killer

Why the British Army has been so keen to stay in Afghanistan

Mon 19 Mar, AT 07:49 Crispin Black

Active service for young soldiers, gongs for the generals: no wonder the Army is slow to get out

BBC finds evidence that French helped Argentines sink our ships

Tue 6 Mar, AT 07:25 Crispin Black

French technicians helped prepare Exocet missiles - but was their 'treachery' any worse than America's?

Nonsense at the heart of Britain's 'independent' nuclear defence

Fri 2 Mar, AT 07:32 Crispin Black

A secret review into the future of our nuclear deterrent is underway - and it's time to face some home truths

What to do about Somalia? Cut the jargon and close the doors

Wed 22 Feb, AT 07:30 Crispin Black

We already have more Islamist extremists than our spooks can keep tabs on without inviting more

Abu Qatada fiasco shows this government has lost its way

Wed 15 Feb, AT 13:51 Crispin Black

If Qatada had been wanted in the US as a dodgy banker or hacker, he'd have been deported long ago

Ian Paisley: boorish, brutal but a politician of rare charisma

Wed 8 Feb, AT 07:55 Crispin Black

He preached the Word of God, yet sought to justify the burning of Catholic homes and churches

The terrible truth about our wasted sacrifice in Afghanistan

Fri 3 Feb, AT 07:30 Crispin Black

The British Army's brave soldiers have failed in their only purpose - they don't win their wars

Why do we care so much about Gibraltar and the Falklands?

Fri 27 Jan, AT 07:52 Crispin Black

The Chinese are grown-up enough to run our former colony properly. The Spanish and Argentines are not

The Northern Ireland question: Alex Salmond's ticking bomb

Fri 20 Jan, AT 07:44 Crispin Black

If Scotland goes independent, Northern Ireland could become a truly explosive issue once again

Uncovered: the torture chamber that proves the CIA went nuts

Fri 9 Dec, AT 07:34 Crispin Black

Where does the CIA find these people? The ranks of a heavily armed backwoods militia? The KKK?

DSK, the Sofitel... and a short history of French spooks

Wed 30 Nov, AT 07:31 Crispin Black

'The conspiracy anoraks had a field day with the death of Diana, for exactly the same reason'

Falklands: are we ready for the latest threat from S America?

Wed 23 Nov, AT 07:31 Crispin Black

As the 30th anniversary of the conflict approaches, we must prepare for a new Argentina-Brazil double act

If Papandreou feared a coup, perhaps Cameron should too

Wed 9 Nov, AT 07:18 Crispin Black

Ironically, our aggressively modern politicians are protected by men in red tunics and bearskins

Execution of Gaddafi's men is not shocking - it's war

Thu 27 Oct, AT 07:28 Crispin Black

Old prisoner of war films paint an unrealistic picture - British soldiers were often shot out of hand

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