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Official Secrets -- Online
Mike "Ender Wiggin" Hudack, Editor
A man by the name of Richard Tomlinson was recruited by MI6 (now known as the Secret Service) in 1991. He was a handsome, intelligent and adventurous man -- the stereotypical James Bond-type. He took what the Brits call a "double first" in Engineering at Cambridge and took a motorcycle ride across the Sahara. At one point, in fact, he served in the British SAS (Special Air Service), considered one of the most elite military units in the world.
He is now a hunted man, however, and he believes his life is in danger. His career which brought him everywhere from Bosnia to Iran ended adruptly in 1995 in what he considers improper circumstances. And in 1997, Richard Tomlinson was jailed for violation of the British Officials Secrets Act, which places stiff penalties against those who release government secrets.
After his release from jail, Richard Tomlinson flew around the world, believing MI6 to be only one step behind him. He felt watched, harassed and followed throughout his flights. Eventually, however, he landed in Geneva.
It was in Geneva that Tomlinson decided to extract revenge against his former employers. He rented space on a Swiss ISPīs web server and placed the names of more than a hundred (estimates run from 115 to 300) MI6 operatives on the site.
British Intelligence moved relatively quickly, issuing what they call a "D" order to the press. A D order is something of a gag order, telling them not to publish any of the names or URLs of the websites.
MI6 then filed for an international court order to shut down the website. Rather than face legal trouble, IP Worldcom shut down Tomlinsonīs site.
A week later, the site resurfaced on Geocities. At this point, Tomlinson threatened to release even more names and maps of MI6 offices worldwide. The British government contacted Geocities and the site was taken down.
At this point, however, mirrors of the site are popping up everywhere, making it impossible for MI6 to keep up. This marks a new era in espionage -- a time when a simple gag order just wonīt do it.
The Internet is moving espionage and security forward miles, and MI6 just wasnīt prepared. Beuracracy has to learn that the Internet is the fastest information medium in the world and that itīll remain that way.
Good luck, government.
THE NAMES, AS PUBLISHED:
Dudley Charles Ankerson: 78 Buenos Aires, 85 Mexico, 93 Madrid; dob 1948; Dr.
Raymond Benedict Barthol Asquith: 83 Moscow, 92 Kiev; dob 1952; Viscount.
Kerry Charles Bagshaw: 82 Geneva, 88 Moscow; dob 1943; OBE.
Ian Clive Barnard: 94 Geneva; dob 1965.
Richard Martin Donne Barrett: 83 Ankara, 88 New York, 97 Amman; dob 1949.
James Lloyd Baxendale: 94 Cairo (MECAS), 97 Amman; dob 1967.
Jonathan Beales.
Peter John William Black: 74 MECAS, 77 Kuwait, 80 Amman, 87 Dhaka; dob 1946.
Jamie Blount.
Rupert Bowen: 90 Windhoek, 92 Tirana.
Andrew Jonathan Corrie Boyd: 81 Accra, 88 Mexico City, 96 Islamabad; dob 1950.
Andrew James Brear: 94 Santiago; dob 1960.
Christopher Mark Breeze: 88 Nicosia, 94 New Delhi; dob 1963.
Alastair Breeze.
Richard Philip Bridge: 86 Warsaw, 88 Moscow; dob 1959.
Stuart Armitage Brooks: 72 Rio, 75 Lisbon, 79 Moscow, 87 Stockholm, 93 Moscow; dob 1948; OBE.
Christopher Parker Burrows: 82 East Berlin, 87 Bonn, 93 Athens; dob 1958.
George Benedict Joseph P Busby: 89 Bonn, 92 Belgrade; dob 1960; OBE.
Geoff Chittenden.
Robert John Paul Church: 76 Bankok, 81 Berlin, 86 Nairobi, 89 Bangkok, 97 Nairobi; dob 1947.
Timothy Clayden: 91 Warsaw, 95 Lagos; dob 1960; Wanker.
Martin Hugh Clements: 86 Tehran, 90 Vienna; dob 1961.
John Donovan Nelson Clibborn: 66 Nicosia, 72 Bonn, 72 Brussels, 88 Washington; dob 1941; CMG.
Peter Salmon Collecot: 80 Khartoum, 82 Canberra, 93 Jakarta; dob 1950.
Andrew David Cordery: 75 Nairobi, 77 New York, 84 Lusaka, 88 Berlin, 95 Oslo; dob 1947.
Sherard Louis Cowper-Coles: 80 Cairo, 87 Washington; dob 1955; CMG, LVO.
Keith Craig: dob 1961.
John Martin Jamie Darke: 88 Cairo, 96 Dubai; dob 1953.
Michael Hayward Davenport: 89 Warsaw, 96 Moscow; dob 1961.
Peter Brian Davies: 83 Rome, 88 Peking, 96 Jakarta; dob 1954,
Richard Billing Dearlove: 68 Nairobi, 73 Prague, 80 Paris, 87 Geneva, 91 Washington; dob 1945; OBE.
John Deerlove.
Keith Derek Evetts: 75 Warsaw, 77 Maputo, 83 New York, 86 Kingston, 88 Lisbon; dob 1948; OBE.
Michael Edward Joseph Feliks: 93 Peking; dob 1964; Dr.
Robert Dominic Russell Fenn: 85 Hague, 88 Lagos, 92 New York; dob 1962.
Nicholas Bernard Frank Fishwick: 88 Lagos, 94 Istanbul; dob 1958; Dr.
Richard George Hopper Fletcher: 68 Athens, 69 Nicosia, 73 Bucharest, 85 Athens; dob 1944; CMG.
Richard Andrew Foulsham: 84 Brunei, 86 Lagos, 95 Rome; dob 1950.
Rosalind Mary Elizabeth Fowler: 90 Hong Kong; dob 1965.
Michael Roger Fox: 93 Geneva; dob 1958.
Richard Ogilby Leslie Fraser-Darling: 73 Helsinki, 84 Washington; dob 1949.
Robert Andrew Fulton: 69 Saigon, 73 Rome, 78 Berlin, 84 Oslo, 89 New York; dob 1944.
Kevin Andrew Garvey: 81 Bangkok, 85 Hanoi, 92 Phnom Penh; dob 1960.
John Henry Cary Gerson: 69 Hong Kong, 71 Singapore, 74 Peking, 87 Hong Kong; dob 1945.
Andrew Patrick Somerset Gibbs: 79 Rio, 84 Moscow, 87 Pretoria; dob 1951; OBE.
Sean Goodman.
Anita Goodman.
Jacqueline Goodman.
Keith Rutherford Gosling: 75 Singapore, 78 Vienna, 86 Manila, 93 Tel Aviv; dob 1944; OBE.
Roger Patrick Hamilton: 78 Jakarta, 82 Tokyo, 84 Hong Kong, 89
Copenhagen; dob 1948.
Roger John Hargreaves: 73 Hong Kong, 76 Sanaa, 85 Hong Kong, 96
Wellington; dob 1950.
Samuel Andrew Roland Hatfield: 95 Lagos; dob 1963.
Steven John Hill: 88 Vienna, 96 New York; dob 1962.
Katherine Sarah-Julia Horner: 85 Moscow, 97 Moscow; dob 1952.
Thomas Rober Benedict Hurd: 95 Warsaw; dob 1964.
Robert Mitchell Forest Kelly: 74 Nairobi, 80 Turkey, 81 Ankara, 95 Ottowa; dob 1946.
Theodore Maurice Kenwrick-Pierc: 74 Brussels, 82 Nicosia, 88 Hague, 94 Athens; dob 1948.
Alex Kershaw: 97 Geneva; dob 1967.
Nicholas John Andrew Langman: 86 Montevideo, 88 New York, 94 Paris; dob 1960.
Edmund John Scott Latter: 94 Istanbul; dob 1968.
Jeremy John Legge: 87 Lusaka, 94 Vienna; dob 1961.
Gareth Geoffrey Lungley: dob 1971.
Christine Anne MacQueen: 84 Brasilia, 89 New York, 90 Paris; dob 1959.
Norman James MacSween: 72 Nairobi, 77 Tehran, 83 Bonn, 91 Stockholm, 95 Moscow; dob 1948.
Iain Arthur Gray Matthewson: 81 New York, 85 Warsaw, 93 Prague; dob 1952.
Ian Forbes McCredie: 76f Lusaka, 79 Tehran, 83 Copenhagen, 92 New York; dob 1950; OBE.
Patrick Joseph McGuinness: 88 Sanaa, 94 Abu Dhabi, 96 Cairo; dob 1963; OBE.
Justin James McKenzie Smit: 96 Moscow; dob 1969.
William John Clovis Meath-Baker: 88 Kabul, 89 Prague, 97 Istanbul; dob 1959.
Andrew Jonathan Mitchell: 93 Bonn; dob 1967.
Anthony Leopold Colyer Monckton: 90 Geneva, 96 Zagreb; dob 1960.
Richard Peter Moore: 90 Ankara, 91 Istanbul, 95 Islamabad; dob 1963.
Mark Scott Thomas Morgan: 84 Geneva, 88 Aden, 94 Valletta; dob 1958; MBE.
Stuart Richard Morley: 89 San Jose, 90 Bridgetown, 96 Hague; dob 1959.
Clive Dare Newell: 79 Tehran, 82 Kabul, 86 Addis, 90 Bosnia, 94
Ankara; dob 1953.
Peter James Norris: 85 Lagos, 90 Guatemala; dob 1955, Dr.
Peter David Orwin: 77 Athens, 84 Brasilia, 89 Tel Aviv, 96 Hague; dob 1944; OBE, MC.
Christopher Robert Geoffrey Pagett: 78 Havana, 79 Lusaka, 88 Maputo, 97 New York; dob 1952; OBE.
Colin Douglas Partridge: 80 Delhi, 87 Hanoi, 94 Hong Kong; dob 1955.
Martin Eric Penton-Voak: 95 Moscow; dob 1965.
Geoffrey Colin Perry: 81 Hong Kong, 92 Geneva; dob 1951.
Alan Petty.
Richard William Potter: 85 Riyadh, 88 Nicosia; dob 1960.
Mark Precious: Buenos Aires 86; dob 1960.
John Andrew Raine: 88 Kuwait, 94 Damascus, 97 Riyadh; dob 1962.
Michael Charles Ramscar: 77 Lagos, 79 Brasilia, 86 Madrid, 89 San Jose, 97 Madrid; dob 1948.
Timothy Simeon Rawlinson: 91 Lagos, 96 Stockholm; dob 1962.
Richard Robert Reeve: 73 Singapore, 77 Hong Kong, 83 Hong Kong; dob 1948.
Michael John Regan: 86 Kabul, 89 Dubai, 95 Bangkok; dob 1955.
Peter Marius Julian Prows Reilly: 96 Khartoum; dob 1971.
John Ridd.
Janet Elizabeth Rogan: 91 Peking, 98 Sarajevo; dob 1962.
John McLeod Scarlett: 73 Nairobi, 76 Moscow, 84 Paris, 91 Moscow; dob 1948; OBE.
Deborah Jane Soothill: 96 Peking; dob 1969.
Richard David Spearman: 92 Istanbul, 97 Paris; dob 1960.
David Spedding.
Guy David St. John Kelso Spindler: 87 Moscow, 97 Pretoria; dob 1962.
Andrew Jeremy Stafford: 77 Stockholm, 79 Accra, 84 Prague, 91
Brussels; dob 1953.
Christopher David Steele: 90 Moscow; dob 1964.
Geoffrey Tantum.
Anthony Jonathan Terry: 70 Nairobi, 73 Havana, 79 Belgrade, 86
Santiago, 97 Geneva; dob 1946.
Richard Paul Reynier Thompson: 91 Stockholm, 96 Geneva; dob 1960.
Michael Thomson.
Daniel Vernon Thornton: 95 Brussels; dob 1969.
Stuart Graham Turvill: 95 Islamabad; dob 1971.
John Venning.
Richard Vlaistow: 95 Havana.
James Spencer Kennedy Watson: 91 Kuwait, 97 Damascus; dob 1964.
Andrew Whiteside: 95 Budapest; dob 1968.
Mark Williams: 95 Tehran.
Kenneth Mark Williams: 76 Kuala Lumpur, 79 Bridgetown, 88 Harare, 94 Delhi; dob 1944.
Simon Jules Wilson: 91 Athens, 93 Zagreb; dob 1966; OBE.
Julian Paul Geoffrey Wiseman: 78 Geneva, 84 Dhaka, 90 Islamabad; dob 1944.
David John Woods: 78 Vienna, 81 Bucharest, 92 Harare, 97 Pretoria; dob 1951.
Ian Alexander Woods: 77 New York, 84 Berlin, 86 Bonn, 95 Warsaw; dob 1951.
Alexander William Younger: 95 Vienna; dob 1963.
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