Hello Hackers, I came across a tv series from the late 80's about Secret Societies via metafilter[1]. All but two of these episodes were aired at the time, but the lizard people at the time stopped the final two from being shown. Thanks to the magic of the internet we can now get the episodes from the internet archive (excepting the last two).
I have captured both the ogg and mp4 links for the 4 available videos. mp4 first with each episode description. From the site: "In 1987, Duncan produced a six-part documentary for the BBC entitled, Secret Society. The series disclosed the culture of secrecy in government and lack of public accountability for its actions. The Thatcher administration had different ideas. Before the show was broadcast Strathclyde police raided the BBC's Scottish headquarters and Duncan's home, seizing the tapes. Although these were later returned, two episodes, 'Secret Cabinet Committees' and 'Zircon' were banned from broadcast in an act of good, old fashioned red-pen censorship." Episode 1: The Secret Constitution: Secret Cabinet Committees The opening episode exposes a rampant culture of secrecy dominant in Westminster. These clandestine committees and groups yield untold influence on government policy and yet operate completely independent of public scrutiny or accountability. https://archive.org/download/SecretSociety-Part1SecretConstitution/SecretSociety1-SecretConstitution-SecretCabinetCommitteessuppressedBbcSeriesduncanCampbell1987_512kb.mp4 https://archive.org/download/SecretSociety-Part1SecretConstitution/SecretSociety1-SecretConstitution-SecretCabinetCommitteessuppressedBbcSeriesduncanCampbell1987.ogv Episode 2: In time of crisis Since 1982, governments in every other NATO country have been preparing for the eventuality of war. In Britain, these preparations are kept secret. So what will happen when the balloon goes up? https://archive.org/download/SecretSocietyPart2WereAllDataNow-SecretDataBanks/SecretSociety2-WereAllDataNow-SecretDataBankssuppressedBbcSeriesduncanCampbell1987_512kb.mp4 https://archive.org/download/SecretSocietyPart2WereAllDataNow-SecretDataBanks/SecretSociety2-WereAllDataNow-SecretDataBankssuppressedBbcSeriesduncanCampbell1987.ogv Episode 3: A gap in our defences Bungling defence manufacturers and incompetent military planners have botched every new radar system that Britain has installed since World War Two. Why? And can we stop it happening again? https://archive.org/download/SecretSocietyPart3InTimeOfCrisis-GovernmentEmergencyPowers/SecretSociety3-InTimeOfCrisis-GovernmentEmergencyPowerssuppressedBbcSeriesduncanCampbell1987_512kb.mp4 https://archive.org/download/SecretSocietyPart3InTimeOfCrisis-GovernmentEmergencyPowers/SecretSociety3-InTimeOfCrisis-GovernmentEmergencyPowerssuppressedBbcSeriesduncanCampbell1987.ogv Episode 4: We're all data now The Data Protection Act is supposed to protect us from abuse, but it's already out of date and full of loopholes. So what kind of abuses should we worry about? https://archive.org/download/SecretSocietyPart4AssociationOfChiefPoliceOfficers-Acpo/SecretSociety4-AssociationOfChiefPoliceOfficers-AcposuppressedBbcSeriesduncanCampbell1987_512kb.mp4 https://archive.org/download/SecretSocietyPart4AssociationOfChiefPoliceOfficers-Acpo/SecretSociety4-AssociationOfChiefPoliceOfficers-AcposuppressedBbcSeriesduncanCampbell1987.ogv Episode 5: ACPO ACPO have been making up their own law and policy. This episode investigates the Association of Chief Police Officers and how Government policy and actions are determined in the fields of law and order https://vimeo.com/48875894 Episode 6: Zircon The infamous 'Zircon' episodes reveals the existence of a £500m British spy satellite programme kept secret from Parliament https://vimeo.com/44948377 [1]: http://www.metafilter.com/143541/Duncan-Campbells-Secret-Society-BBC-Documentary-Series-1987 [2]: http://www.duncancampbell.org/content/secret-society -- Tom @adventureloop adventurist.me #pragma summon cthulhu :wq
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