is a former Welsh Guards lieutenant colonel and intelligence analyst for the British government's Joint Intelligence Committee. His book, 7-7: What Went Wrong, was one of the first to be published after the London bombings in July 2005.
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Let's be crystal clear about this MI6 traitor: he was a cold-blooded serial killer, nothing more
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Right back to World War Two, Britain has always had a knack for catching Germany's intelligence efforts
Gen Dannatt wanted £100,000 for two days a month. A frontline private earns £17,000 for a seven-day week
British public life resembles 1950s horror film The Undead: people we hoped we’d seen the last of keep coming back
Andrew Mitchell might be Flashman, but the police are hardly unblemished Dixons of Dock Green
Perpetrators could have staged a road accident – instead it seems they were trying to send a message
The PM promised to make it possible for people to wear a cross at work – but he has done nothing
South London doctor in militant Syrian gang could easily be identified, but history suggests nothing will be done
The royal family cannot afford to be associated with the arrogance and extravagance of the super rich
The bonds between two parents who lost their sons were the most touching aspect of this documentary
It is not untenable that members of the plesiosaurus family have survived from the Jurassic period
It is a matter of honour to ensure the dead from both sides are remembered with care and respect
The tolerance shown towards Christians in Syria is unlikely to survive Assad's overthrow by Sunnis
It's right to invoke Reagan: he supported union rights against greedy bosses - but not in the public sector
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Crispin Black
