Monthly Archives: April 2017

Channel 4, Daniel Morgan and “Indefinite films”.

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Ciaran Goggins

Paddy French is not happy, nor it seems is Peter Jukes, or their coterie at New Scotland Yard. https://pressganguk.wordpress.com/2017/04/27/private-eye-a-stab-in-the-back/ Is the “Daily Mail” article to which they allude here? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3277543/Police-used-mole-spy-lawyers-tamper-evidence-Former-detective-paid-21-000-pass-secret-details-legal-cases-working-undercover-Met.html “Private Eye” are scrupulously fair with regard to both sides … Continue reading →

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Derek Haslam, Alex Marunchak and Special Branch.

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Ciaran Goggins

Alex Marunchak was a Special Branch interpreter and translator for twenty years. There was no way Special Branch were going to allow him to get burned in the hacking story because he knew too much. The Marunchak hacking case was … Continue reading →

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Ian Hurst, “whistle blowing” and criminality.

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Ciaran Goggins

How could I have missed this one? https://www.thecanary.co/2016/08/11/military-intelligence-whistleblower-profits-lack-privacy/ The excellent “Canary” had a look at Ian Hurst and his dubious methods of making money. Apart from his Bolton address, Hurst has properties in St Nexans, France and near Granada, Spain. Hurst … Continue reading →

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Ian Hurst and Stakeknife.

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Ciaran Goggins

Last night’s Panorama dealing with Stakeknife looked at the “Cook Report” from August 1993 and included an interview with Sylvia Jones (genuflects, blesses self). We go from the Beauty to the Beast with the dishevelled figure of Ian Hurst bleating about … Continue reading →

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BBC and Stakeknife.

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Ciaran Goggins

The Grauniad plunges ever downward with today’s take on the upcoming “Panorama” documentary. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/11/stakeknife-double-agent-in-ira-was-given-alibi-by-senior-british-officials Given that Henry McDonald is quite the crypto loyalist he omits the fact that Ian Hurst is a mortgage defaulter, hence part of his flight from … Continue reading →

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Letter to Felicity.

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Ciaran Goggins

Dear Felicity, you mentioned Panorama, one hears that their legal department are far from happy with Ian Hurst’s veracity (in other words he is a Walter Mitty). Same goes for Spotlight, BBC Northern Ireland. Attention was drawn to Hurst’s links … Continue reading →

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