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Loading... Secret History of the Five Eyesby Richard Kerbaj
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.   ) aadyer | Jan 8, 2023 |  And I am glad I did. I am not a security nor policy wonk and will not try to second guess Sheridan or heaven forgive Kerbaj as to what is portrayed in this book. It reads, as some commentators have said as if it were a James Bond lite (my words) version of history. Though there is little sex and probably even less martinis. The Five Eyes accord (USA, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) was formed in the 1950s but apparently did not become publicly known until 2010. I have no issue with the formation of such accords or collaborations (and indeed encourage them, for in the absence of them I suspect there would be formed nefarious parallels which would be more problematic). I came across the Five Eyes very tangentially in the last decade in my (now, completely unrelated, previous professional life). My one comment, given they seemed* to be against what my client was seeking to achieve, was we could not read what would be an acceptable outcome for them or indeed the various intermediaries. Of course, and I accept that, it may not have been possible to articulate that without compromising other strategic thinking or positions. But I would have thought that better communications between our governments would be able to address that. As to the book, it was a great read. i learnt a lot of details and context as to matters as to which I had little before. It skims across the surface and is not an in depth history of the Five Eyes, but I am pleased it is out there as a start and am glad that an (apparent) Aussie is at the forefront. Big Ship 29 November 2022 (  ) bigship | Nov 29, 2022 | no reviews | add a review
The Secret History of The Five Eyes: The untold story of the international spy network, is a riveting and exclusive narrative of the most powerful and least understood intelligence alliance, which has been steeped in secrecy since its formation in 1956. Richard Kerbaj, an award-winning investigative journalist and filmmaker, bypasses the usual censorship channels to tell the definitive account of authoritative but unauthorised stories of the Western world's most powerful but least known intelligence alliance made up of the US, Britain, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. As Kerbaj shows, spy stories are never better than when they are true - and these span from 1930s Nazi spy rings to the most recent developments in Ukraine and China. Through personal interviews with world leaders - including British Prime Ministers Theresa May and David Cameron - and more than 100 intelligence officials, this book explores the complex personalities who helped shape the Five Eyes. They include a Scotland Yard detective who became a spymaster and inspired the first exchanges between MI5 and the FBI. An American home economics teacher who helped create one of the most effective programmes to counter Soviet espionage. The CIA's lone officer in Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution. GCHQ's chief during the Edward Snowden intelligence leak. And the Australian politician turned diplomat whose tip-off to the FBI instigated the inquiry into Russia's meddling in the US presidential contest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in 2016. Richard Kerbaj is able to draw from deep inside the secret corridors of power and his unparalleled access spans all 5 countries. Some of the people he has interviewed include former GCHQ director Sir Iain Lobban, CIA director General David Petraeus, MI5 director-general Eliza Manningham-Buller, NSA director Admiral Mike Rogers, British National Security Advisor Kim Darroch, ASIO chief Mike Burgess, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service's chief Richard Fadden, and Ciaran Martin, the official who oversaw Britain's assessments on whether the Chinese telecoms firm, Huawei, should have had a role in the creation of the UK's 5G network. No library descriptions found. |
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