Smear: Wilson and the Secret State

by Stephen Dorril, Robin Ramsay (Author)

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This book is a revisionist biography of Harold Wilson. The authors assert that, although Wilson was previously perceived as a villain and egotist, unexamined subtext now shows that his behaviour was intelligible and intelligent and that he was one of the cleverest men of his generation.

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Parapolitics. A system or practice in which accountability is consciously dimished. Generally, covert politics, the conduct of public affairs not by rational debate and responsible decision-making but by indirection, collusion, and deceit. Cf. conspiracy. The political exploitation of irresponsible agencies or parastructures, such as intelligence agencies.
PETER DALE SCOTT
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In the summer of 1990, amidst the great explosion of information on the Soviet satellites, a former KGB officer remarked that much of the KGB's intelligence on America was acquired simply by reading the American press, which published a great deal of information.

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This book is a revisionist biography of Harold Wilson. The authors assert that, although Wilson was previously perceived as a villain and egotist, unexamined subtext now shows that his behaviour was intelligible and intelligent and that he was one of the cleverest men of his generation.

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