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.
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
Getting British troops out of Afghanistan is not ‘cutting and running’ - it’s commonsense
The PM should send more planes and get the Libyan campaign over with - quickly
Crispin Black: This new strategy evades the difficult truth - that radicalisation begins at home
It was Serbia’s desire to join the EU that did for the Muslim-hating Bosnian Serb general
Apache choppers can fight in close quarters - but if this doesn't work, we may need ‘boots on the ground’
on Monday’s bomb threat to London and today’s massive operation to protect the Queen
Crispin Black: Who’s telling the truth - the Army general or Blair’s spin doctor, Alastair Campbell?
Crispin Black welcomes the gutsy approach of the 7/7 coroner in exposing public sector vested interests
Crispin Black: Bin Laden was living in Pakistan’s Sandhurst, among retired army generals and spooks
Crispin Black outlines the risks faced by the security services as William and Kate tie the knot
Crispin Black: Tony Blair should have renegotiated Good Friday deal after 9/11 killed off IRA’s funding
Crispin Black: Even the best intelligence cannot make up for a bad plan
As Nato takes over no-fly zone operation, Crispin Black says the Libya mission remains dangerously ambiguous
Crispin Black: One mistake and Gaddafi could be taken out by a missile ‘fired’ from the Nevada desert
One rule for Gaddafi in Libya - quite another for the al-Khalifa family ruling Bahrain
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Crispin Black
