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Bleat: the assassination of dissidents
OK, so I’m not sure if my concept of Bleats (half blog, half tweet) is being grasped wholeheartedly. But so what — it makes me laugh and the Black Sheep shall perservere with a short blog post.…. So...
View ArticleRTTV interview on the royal wedding and arrest of UK activists
My interview on 29 April 2011 for RTTV about the pre-emptive arrests of UK political activists in the run-up to the royal wedding. Thoughtcrime appears to have arrived in the UK — and I accidentally...
View ArticleRTTV Interview: Libya — the perfect storm
My RTTV interview today about Libya, torture, and UK double-dealing: RTTV Interview: Libya — the perfect storm
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Another abuse of UK terrorism laws
First published on RT Op-Edge. David Miranda had just spent a week in Berlin, before flying back to his home country, Brazil, via London’s Heathrow airport. As he attempted to transit on to his flight...
View ArticleBBC World interview re UK spy accountability
Here’s a recent interview I did for BBC World about the three top British spies deigning, for the first time ever, to be publicly questioned by the Intelligence and Security Committee in parliament,...
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The Real Reason for the Police State?
I haven’t written here for a while, despite the embarras de richesses that has been presented to us in the news recently: Dame Stella saying that the UK is becoming a police state; drones will patrol...
View ArticleParliamentary Evidence on the UK Investigatory Powers Bill
My written evidence to the Scrutiny Committee in the UK Houses of Parliament that is currently examining the much-disputed Investigatory Powers Bill (IP): 1. My name is Annie Machon and I worked as an...
View ArticleThe (Il)legality of UK Drone Strikes
It was reported in The Guardian newspaper today that the UK parliamentary joint committee on human rights was questioning the legal framework underpinning the use of British drone strikes against...
View ArticleRT Going Underground – the Snoopers’ Charter
Here is a recent interview I did for the RT UK’s flagship news channel, “Going Underground” about the horrors of the proposed Investigatory Powers Bill – the so-called “snoopers charter” – that will...
View ArticleThe Chilcot Report about the Iraq War
Here is an interview I did yesterday about the long-awaited Chilcot Report into the clusterfuck that was and is Iraq: The Chilcot Report on the Iraq War from Annie Machon on Vimeo.
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Head of MI5 goes public
For the first time a serving head of a major intelligence service in the UK, Andrew Parker the Director General of the UK domestic Security Service, has given an interview to a national newspaper....
View ArticleFake Intelligence
Here’s a recent interview I did for RT UK’s flagship news programme, Going Underground with Afshin Rattansi, about the whole fake news, fake intelligence allegations swirling around President Trump’...
View ArticleRecent interviews: UK Cyber Security, Kim Dotcom, and Iraq
I’ve done a few more interviews this month for RT, on a variety of issues: US boots on the ground in Iraq USA Boots on the Ground in Iraq – again. from Annie Machon on Vimeo. The extradition case...
View ArticleBlaming Russia is the Default Electoral Position in the West
Here is an interview I did last night about the Russians “hacking” the UK general election last year, conveniently appearing in The Sunday Times yesterday ahead of the UK local elections.…. Deja vu UK...
View ArticleBritain’s Brave New World just got Braver
First published by Consortium News. On 5th June 2018 the UK Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, unveiled his new counter-terrorism initiative that he says is targeting an ever-metastasising threat, yet it...
View ArticleHave British Spies been hacking the EU?
First published by Consortium News. Just after midnight on 16 August I was called by LBC in London for a comment on a breaking story on the front page of The Daily Telegraph about British spies hacking...
View ArticleUK sets up yet another costly spy agency
This article was first published on RT Op Ed a month ago. The UK Ministry of Defence announced on 21 September the establishment of yet another British spy agency, an amalgam of military and security...
View ArticleUK and EU Security
A couple of recent interviews about the themes of UK and EU security, going forward. Europe_and_the_current_security_situation from Annie Machon on Vimeo. And: Post_Brexit_UK_EU_Security from Annie...
View ArticleThe Arrest of Julian Assange
A few minutes after Julian Assange was scandalously arrested and dragged out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London last week, I was contacted by RT.com to do an interview. While further comments will...
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