Indeed. James Bond has had to become a black woman to preserve his anonymity.
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Harry Dunn killed by US diplomat's wife
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The only germane point would have been if she was working at the time of the incident. CIA personnel NEVER say they are CIA, and even when working with very close allies, they are always described as Department of State employees. It is also a Federal Offence to name CIA staff.
Interestingly, if she had been 'an employee or staff at LAC' her immunity from prosecution would have been waived under the Exchange of Notes 1995, but her person would have been 'inviolable' meaning that she could not be arrested or detained (or, indeed, imprisoned).
A sad incident for the family who will not see justice (in their eyes) done, and disappointing that the US chose not to exercise decency in waiving immunity and inviolability ('diplomatic privilege') allowing this matter to be resolved before the courts.
As discussed much earlier in the thread, there would have been no public interest in her being imprisoned (if found guilty). A large fine would have been appropriate in the circumstances. Once her immunity had been waived, the only COA, whatever the outcome, was for her, her serving partner and her family, to return to CONUS at the earliest opportunity, iaw VCDR 1961 and the Exchange of Notes.
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He's done a good job as Dianne Abbot. Ooops, that's the cat out of the bag...why is there a helic
It's also SOP.
Identity being secret is not a big thing in the world of spooks at many levels as Bellingcat proved after Salisbury it is practically impossible to hide yourself. How is it do you think we know instantly which third secretaries to expell when either the Chinese or Russians annoy us?
I assumed that we just drew straws...
Without being specific, when the UK has had diplomats PNGd by foreign governments, it seems to be rather random, and not based on a superior mind.
Our best coup was OP FOOT when on 24 September 1971 HMG expelled 105 Soviet diplomats and trade delegation officials resident in the UK. This was a response to the expansion of Soviet espionage in Britain during the 1960s, and to Moscow's refusal to respond to London's protests on this issue. OP FOOT was implemented not only for reasons of national security, but also because of British resentment at the USSR's frequent abuses of diplomatic privileges.
Michael's career never recovered.
It's the trouble with the whole 'secrecy' game. We knnow who their people are and they know who our people are. The same goes for classified material (except that at the very highest level of sensitivity), the opposition already know anything we have up to and including SECRET so all the pantomime does is keep fairly dull information from the eyes of those who really don't care too much about it.
It's an easy mistake to make when you're pissed, just ask the Kennedys.
And Harold's only friend left was Anthony Blunt.
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There's always been speculation about the origins of the Op name. But it's well worth reading the history of Op FOOT in Chris Andrew's history of the Security Service - and of the lethargy across Whitehall as to the magnitude of the Soviet threat - and the levels of Soviet disinformation.
Different league, dear boy. Blunt confessed in the early 1960s.
Interesting to see that Blunt was tasked with Op Sec of BODYLINE and with the investigation of the high-level penetration of the British Embassy in Ankara, where BIGOT plans (DDay et al) were being copied on a regular basis by an Albanian valet and sold to the Germany Foreign Ministry Intelligence Service, amongst others. Von Papen (German Ambassador) didn't believe the quality of the material and thought it was a plant - it wasn't.
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Don't get too hung up on dates, you okes were the direct line the GRU had to western secrets.
Stonker
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Nor his wardrobe.
chuggafugga
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I'm guessing if she has been cleared by a High Court she can freely travel in the world without fear of an International arrest warrant?
www.interpol.int
About Red Notices
Criminals can flee to another country to try to evade justice. A Red Notice alerts police worldwide about internationally wanted fugitives.
PhotEx
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alas, the Dunn’s did themselves no favours when the quite deranged and obsessed mother fired up a full on baying mob witch-hunt demanding Sacoolas’s public execution for ‘murdering my ‘arry’
When was that then?
Lifeboat21
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When did she do that?
retread2
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Anyone would think she was the dead lad's mother or something.
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