-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony Gosling Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 3:24 AM To: UK 9/11 & 7/7 Truth Subject: [UK-911-Truth] Private military security/MI6 behind MP's expenses frenzy?
Bilderberg coverage Charlie Skelton's Bilderberg files http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/series/charlie-skeltons-bilderberg-files Best piece of journalism so far on the MP expenses 'constitutional crisis' op. Cameron and the Tories have been on the inside track of these 'revelations' all along. MPs' expenses: how scoop came to light – and why journalists fear a 'knock on the door' The Daily Telegraph's exclusive was offered to at least three other papers by shadowy figure described as a 'rank amateur' The Guardian, Monday 18 May 2009 How the Telegraph broke the expenses story It sounds like a scene from the TV drama 24. A person unknown in a government office copies an entire terabyte of data from a classified computer to a portable hard drive, which is then whisked away from under the noses of colleagues and security alike and spirited out of Westminster. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/may/18/mps-expenses-how-scoop-came-ligh t That hard drive contains revelatory material – all the expense claims made by 646 members of parliament over the last five years. Two million documents in all, including copies of expense claim forms, handwritten comments scrawled in margins, even attached sticky notes. For unexplained reasons, the hard drive and its data does not show up on any security manifest and Commons authorities are unaware of its existence. Time to call Fleet Street and cash in. Whether that scenario, outlined by a newspaper executive with knowledge of the situation, came to pass, or whether the truth was more prosaic, the Daily Telegraph's expenses investigation has shaken up the political establishment; sent sales of the paper soaring; and left frustrated rivals asking questions about chequebook journalism. The expenses data was sighted by at least three other newspapers before the Telegraph broke the story more than a week ago. Two months ago, the Times was approached via a phone call judged sufficiently interesting for three journalists to take a taxi from the House of Commons to the offices of a public relations firm on Wednesday 18 March. The meeting lasted 30 minutes and some details from the hard drive were divulged by a businessman who said he was acting as an intermediary for the source of the material, which is presumed to have come from the House of Commons fees office. When a payment of £300,000 was requested – £250,000 for the data and £50,000 for the businessman's company to analyse it, plus unlimited legal indemnity – the Times said no sale. That intermediary has been named by the Wall Street Journal, the Sunday Times and the Mail on Sunday as John Wick, a former major with the SAS who is a director of a private security company, International Security Solutions Limited [ISSL]. He is believed to have been assisted in his endeavours by Henry Gewanter, the American managing director of a PR firm, Positive Profile. Contacted by the Guardian yesterday, Gewanter declined to comment on whether he had been involved. Wick has been the director or secretary of several private security companies, many of which have been dissolved. According to filings at Companies House, Wick has held 29 different appointments dating back to 1990 when he was a director of Hereford International Security Group, based in Hereford, the home town of the SAS. He has resigned 12 times and 16 companies have been dissolved. Fellow directors in some of the companies included two former commissioners with the Metropolitan police, Sir David McNee and Lord Imbert. ISSL, where Wick is currently a director, specialises in "corporate risk management". The company website says it is involved in anti- piracy schemes and kidnap and ransom response services across the world. It also undertakes complex financial investigations. Another director of ISSL is Sir Brian Goswell, the Conservative-supporting businessman. Whoever the seller of the expenses was, they have been dismissed by some in Fleet Street as a "rank amateur" and a "Max Clifford wannabe", criticism borne out by the fact that he did not approach the two newspapers that probably would have paid him most for the story, the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday. Two senior journalists at their parent Associated Newspapers confirm they were not approached. Why? One credible theory advanced is that the seller did not know what he was doing. Eleven days after the Times journalists held their meeting, the Sunday Express splashed with the revelation that the husband of the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, watched two pornographic films which were subsequently claimed on expenses. The story is believed to have come from the same source. A source at the paper says it will not comment for legal reasons, and that the paper is still in fear of "a knock on the door" from the police investigating how it obtained its scoop. The Telegraph Media Group editor-in-chief, Will Lewis, is also concerned, and has been heard to make a reference to "these dangerous times". Police action is a real threat. After the Times, the seller approached the Sun. He offered a small portion of data for a large sum, which did not impress the Sun editor, Rebekah Wade. One external source claims the Sun was only willing to offer £20,000. Wade cancelled the deal. "Rebekah thinks that was a mistake," a senior Sun editorial executive says. "We probably could have got the lot if we had done the first deal." Rebuffed by two papers and maybe unhappy with a third (there were no more revelations in the Sunday Express) the seller approached the Telegraph, demonstrating again his amateurism by simply calling the newsdesk. Whitehall leakers have in some cases been jailed: in other cases they have been found not guilty after pleading public interest. Lawyers believe it would be harder to mount a whistleblower defence if the leaker was seeking to sell the documents for large sums of money. House of Commons authorities believe they know how security was compromised and police are investigating the leak. This may explain why the Telegraph has been less than forthcoming about the provenance of its scoop and why other papers have not explained why they passed up such a story. One source who wished to remain anonymous told the Guardian that he suspected that Gewanter might be "in a bit of hot water". The PR man is believed to be seeking legal advice. He was quoted in the Mail on Sunday as saying: "There is a chain of people involved. The government would like to catch one of us and waterboard the hell out of us until they get the next one down the chain." That really would be straight out of 24. Bilderberg coverage Charlie Skelton's Bilderberg files http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/series/charlie-skeltons-bilderberg-files *** exposing the hidden truth for further educational research only *** CAVEAT LECTOR *** In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. NOTE: Some links may require cut and paste into your Internet Browser. 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