The sealed and emptying chambers of Britain’s intelligence history: Why the absolute exception for security sensitive matters is a present and continuing injustice

Crook, Tim. 2015. The sealed and emptying chambers of Britain’s intelligence history: Why the absolute exception for security sensitive matters is a present and continuing injustice. In: Tom Felle and John Mair, eds. FOI Ten Years On: Freedom Fighting or Lazy Journalilsm? Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England: Abramis Academic, pp. 142-150. ISBN 9781845496463 [Book Section]

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Tim Crook re-tells the fascinating tale of Alexander Wilson, the Secret Service spy who wrote novels in his spare time, and argues that blanket exemptions in the UK’s FOI Act for the security and intelligence services are far too draconian and need reform

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Book Section

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Media, Communications and Cultural Studies

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February 2015Published

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11329

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23 Feb 2015 08:14

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27 Jun 2017 13:51

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https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/11329

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