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28 Aldrich, 'The UK and Iraq'. SIS fairly
quickly discounted the defector held by
the Germans and code-named 'Curveball'.
29 'US Plan to Bug Security Council: The
Text', Observer, 02.03.03; M. Bright,
'GCHQ Arrest Over Obsen'er Spying
Report', Observer, 09.03.03.
30 Svendsen, Intelligence Cooperation and the
War on Terror, pp.132-3.
31 S. Schlesinger, 'Cryptanalysis for
Peacetime', pp.217-35.
32 S. Shane and A. Sabar, 'Alleged NSA
Memo Details US Eavesdropping at UN',
Baltimore Sun, 04.03.03.
33 Entry for 07.03.03, Campbell, The Blair
Years, p.672.
34 The nature of the CClUP is still disputed.
See Gustafson, Chile.
35 M. Bright, E. Vulliamy and P. Bea~lmont,
'UN Launches Inquiry into American
Spying', Observer, 09.03.03.
36 M. Bright. P. Beaumont and J. Tuckman,
'British Spy Op Wrecked Peace Move',
15.02.04.
37 Blix, Disarming Iraq, p.128.
38 M. Bright. 'GCHQ Arrest Over Observer
Spying Report', Observer, 09.03.03.
39 Arguably, Jock Kane had tried in 1984
with his banned book, GCHQ: The Negative
Asset.
40 M. and T. Mitchell, The Spy Who Tried to
Stop a War, pp.6-7.
41 BBC Radio 4, Saturday Live, interview with
Katharine Gun, 11.02.09.
42 Ibid.
43 Blunkett, The Blunkett Tapes, pp.457-8.
44 Ibid. See also Wilkinson, 'Balancing
National Security and the Media', pp.147-
8.
45 Bamford, Pretext for War, p.362.
46 Aid, Secret Sentry, p.249.
47 Short, An Honourable Deception, pp.242-3
48 N. Watt, 'Top Civil Servant Tells Short to
Shut Up', Guardian, 01.03.04.
49 'How GCHQ Spies Cracked Saddam's Top­
Secret Codes', Western Daily Press,
09.04.03.
50 J. Borger and S. Millar, '2pm: Saddam is
Spotted. 2.48pm: Pilots Get Their Orders.
3pm: 60ft Crater at Target', Guardian,
09.04.03.
51 L. Cpi. Hark, 'Y Troop' at http://www.
onceamarinealwaysamarine.co.uk/3cdobdetelic.htm
52 Ibid.
53 Aid, Secret Sentry, p.254.
54 This was especially true of the CIA, which
was prescient about the insurgency.
55 R. Nonon-Taylor, 'IT Expert Named as
New Head of GCHQ', Guardian, 01.02.03.
56 J. Gerard, 'All Systems Glow at Spook
Central', Sunday Times, 31.08.03; ISC
Annual Report 2003-4, Cmnd 6240, HMSO,
06.04, para. 54.
57 Allen et ai., Working Without Walls, p.16;
Graham, 'Giving the Information Message
Traction: Embedding Knowledge Sharing
at GCHQ', pp.25-30.
58 David Pepper, Select Committee on Public
Accounts, Minutes of Evidence,
Examination of Witnesses (Questions 1-
19), 01.12.03.
59 Public Accounts Committee, Government
Communications Headquarters New
Accommodation Programme, 23rd Report of
Session 2003-4, HC 65, HMSO, 05.05.04.
60 The ventilation shaft for this secret Cold
War bunker complex was hidden within
the southern light-well of the Ministry of
Defence main building, Johnston (PSA)
to Chope (PSA), 'Project Pindar', 11.11.86,
CM 46/26.
61 Fensome (PSA) to Hawtin (T), 'Project
Pindar', and enclosure DCAISRA
17469/01, 19.04.85, ibid.
62 PSA to Hawtin (T), 'Project Pindar',
30.04.87, ibid.; PSA to Bevan (MoD),
'Pindar', 19.02.87, ibid.
63 The Spies' Biggest Secret', Punch, Issue
134, 04-17.07.01.
64 'GCHQ Criticised for Huge Move
Overspend', BBC News, 16.07.03,
http:// news. bbc .co. ukl golprlfr 1-
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65 Andrew, Defence of the Realm, p.793.
66 ISCAnnuaIReport2002-3, Cm. 5837, 06.03,
para 23. http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.
uk/intelligence/annuaLreports.aspx
67 F. Elliott, 'Millions Wasted on Faulty GCHQ
Signals System', Telegraph, 15.06.03.
68 ISC Annual Report, 1999-2000, HMSO,
2002, para 14. See also S. Fidler and M.
Huband, 'A Special Relationship',
Financial Times, 06.07.04.
69 D.R. Nicoll, 'Knowledge of Intelligence
Analysts Under Examination', The Times,
06.02.04.
70 Aldrich, 'Four Enquiries', pp.74-7.
71 CBS 60 Minutes Transcript, Interview with
Drumheller, http:/thinkprogress.org/60-
minutes-42306.
72 Aldrich, 'Four Enquiries', pp.73-5, 81.
73 Seldon, Blair Unbound, p.140. Butler was
more forthright in his interview with
Seldon than in his own report.