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.
If Scotland goes independent, Northern Ireland could become a truly explosive issue once again
Where does the CIA find these people? The ranks of a heavily armed backwoods militia? The KKK?
'The conspiracy anoraks had a field day with the death of Diana, for exactly the same reason'
As the 30th anniversary of the conflict approaches, we must prepare for a new Argentina-Brazil double act
Ironically, our aggressively modern politicians are protected by men in red tunics and bearskins
Old prisoner of war films paint an unrealistic picture - British soldiers were often shot out of hand
A trial would not have brought closure – it would have raked up the divisions of the past
The head says Lord Sainsbury but the heart says Brian Blessed... Let the voting commence
Obama’s bunker-busters will not be enough to deal with the centrifuges’ hiding place
The erstwhile ‘Butcher of Bogside’ could prove a very compliant President of Ireland
9/11 showed Blair to be a leader of men; the trouble was, he led them down the wrong path
Intelligence work requires a broad mind and elastic morals - and we were wooing Gaddafi at the time
New al-Qaeda branches open all the time – but can they still replicate the 9/11 atrocity?
Whatever happens next, the PM is vindicated – but let’s hope he doesn’t make a habit of it
President Obama has reportedly been warned that al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is planning a ricin attack
With Libya turning sour, Cameron is unlikely to agree to a trial over a misbegotten war
The rush to condemn the cutbacks is wrong - part-timers have a noble history in warfare
The police chief does not have to be a copper – for years they appointed military men
The Wootton Bassett processions are very recent - for years soldiers were buried where they fell
With his Iraq war background, Sir David Manning is an unsuitable adviser to the royal couple
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