Spies, Spin and the Fourth Estate: British Intelligence and the Media

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A former national security correspondent's groundbreaking account of the turbulent relationship between British Intelligence and the media Combining his expertise as a national security correspondent and research academic, Paul Lashmar reveals how and why the UK media became more critical in its reporting of the Secret State. He explores a series of major case studies including Snowden, WikiLeaks, Spycatcher, rendition and torture, and MI5's vetting of the BBC - most of which he reported on as they happened. Lashmar discusses the issues that news coverage raises for democracy and gives you a deeper understanding of how intelligence and the media function, interact and fit into structures of power and knowledge. Spies, Spin and the Fourth Estate Contents Preface ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Introduction 1 Setting the Scene 2 The Great War 3 The Interwar Years and the Dark Arts 4 The Second World War 5 The ‘Era of Trust’ 6 Cold War Warriors 7 Agitprop 8 1968 and All That 9 1975: The Year of Intelligence 10 The Thatcher Years 11 Spycatcher 12 The Wall Comes Down  13 The ‘War on Terror’ 14 Citizenfour 15 Lives at Risk 16 Ostriches, Cheerleaders, Lemonsuckers and Guardians 17 Reflections on Forty Years of Spy Watching REFERENCES INDEX