Following on from the pro- and anti-corporatism discussion, I found this very interesting review in the latest edition of the Guardian Weekly: What the world...
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John Carroll
roybland
Jul 12, 2003 7:26 am
July 12, 2003 In Tenet's Words: 'I Am Responsible' for Review F ollowing is the text of a statement yesterday by George J. Tenet, the director of central...
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John Carroll
roybland
Jul 12, 2003 7:26 am
Dear Folks: Well, well, a little life left in the old group yet, eh wot? And we don't even have the new text yet from Our Man in Cornwall! I really was just...
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Margaret McLaren
maggie0470
Jul 12, 2003 5:57 am
Dear All Rather than get too carried away with political motives -- commentaries about the "special relationship" from each side of the pond -- how about we...
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John Carroll
roybland
Jul 12, 2003 5:03 am
Good thoughts, Lori, and nicely put: Just one note: JLC was only in the Service some five years, and of course was a junior officer with limited access. His...
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Craig D. Wilson
sangwin01
Jul 11, 2003 8:23 pm
“Would it be too speculative to assume, because of the use of the phrase ‘Absolute Good and Absolute Evil’ in JLC's essay about ‘The USA Has Gone ...
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da corq
corqspy
Jul 11, 2003 7:16 pm
I'll have to chime in on this Jim comment as I agree with it wholeheartedly -- I believe JLC makes a stronger, more lasting "case" when he's subtle, even in...
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John Carroll
roybland
Jul 11, 2003 5:01 pm
Dear Jim: You mean, even if we're stuck with Big Brother, we don't have to learn how to love him? Okay, I'm buying. I just wish people with the persuasive...
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jorgentlarsen
Jul 11, 2003 3:40 pm
Could it not be that the plot revolvos around some industrial espionage in the Swedish Big AlcoProducing Corporations? ... jtl...
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Jim Turner
adept63
Jul 11, 2003 10:16 am
Dear John, Just because nobody can come up with a viable alternative to Government by Corporation (aka Democracy - hah!) doesn't mean we have to love and...
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John Carroll
roybland
Jul 11, 2003 7:54 am
Dear Group: Would it be too speculative to assume, because of the use of the phrase "Absolute Good and Absolute Evil" in JLC's essay about "The USA Has Gone ...
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peterbth2002
Jul 4, 2003 7:12 pm
According to a Times (UK) Book Section about a week ago Hodder annouced the title:"Absolute Friends-a savage fable of our times that raises important issues...
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Dylan Winslow
dylanwinslow
Jul 3, 2003 12:49 pm
According to someone in the spynovels group, JLC will have a new book out in January. No word yet on the title, topic, etc. Dylan Winslow dylanw@... ...
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John Carroll
roybland
Jun 21, 2003 5:15 pm
P.S. A conceivable alternative: stay in the rendezvous location for one minute, then return to the spot at an interval 50 minutes less than the preceding...
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John Carroll
roybland
Jun 21, 2003 3:25 pm
Dear Yateen: Peter is most likely correct. Traditionally, in a code or any form of espionage communication, the first number mentioned (often in a separate ...
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Peter Spowart - Liter...
jlcpeterv9
Jun 21, 2003 1:10 am
The descending scale... my guess would be 50 mins later, 49 minutes later, 48 minutes later etc. ... From: <lecarre@yahoogroups.com> To:...
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Yateendra Joshi
kinjale@...
Jun 20, 2003 4:02 am
The list is quiet these days. Perhaps someone would be so kind as to help me out with a phrase from TTSS the meaning of which continues to elude me. The scene...
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Lou The Secret Devour...
velorg
May 31, 2003 4:45 pm
[...] His interrogator was the legendary Rem Krassilnikov, almost a real-life version of le Carré's Karla. Bearden, who met him several times, gives a good...
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jglane615
May 17, 2003 2:59 pm
Smiley's People will be available from Deep Discount DVD on May 27th: http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com/dvd.cfm?itemID=ATL005955 Price is $41.98, a big...
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Dylan Winslow
dylanwinslow
Apr 28, 2003 12:05 am
According to Zap2It, Mike Newell (_Four Weddings and a Funeral_) will be directing a film of _The Constant Gardener_. ...
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corqspy
Apr 25, 2003 10:36 pm
Muh thanks for the pointer to the article and the enlightening replies! That was pretty impressive, for which the exception of Connie's physical limitations in...
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John Carroll
roybland
Apr 25, 2003 12:52 pm
Thanks for this wonderful article, Barbara. I had the privilege of meeting Dame Daphne when I was 16, when my father was serving as her "Cousin" liaison...
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Barbara Lethbridge
barbaralethb...
Apr 25, 2003 12:04 pm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2003/04/24/ftpark24.xml An article about Daphne Park of MI6. This paragraph caught my eye... ... -- ...
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jglane615
Mar 9, 2003 5:59 am
Oh that is bad luck! I understand why you went the other route then. I must have ordered my copy as soon as it appeared on the DeepDiscount website. I know...
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MomentaryDogma
Mar 8, 2003 2:32 am
I tried ordering from DeepDiscount and Tinker Tailor was on back-order. Of course they don't tell you about that until you place your order... I waited two...
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jglane615
Mar 7, 2003 4:23 pm
I purchased TTSS from Deepdiscountdvd.com for $53 and free shipping two weeks ago. The ebay bid on this is $59+ with a day left on the auction. Ebay is a...
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MomentaryDogma
Mar 6, 2003 9:06 pm
... Of course... the seller is "tvdvds" and the auction link is as follows: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2296&i tem=3314988698...
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Jim Turner
adept63
Mar 5, 2003 6:06 am
Dear Blazon, Sorry to butt in, but I noticed that the link was split over 2 lines of text. In such cases you need to cut and paste both lines into your browser...
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Blazon
onlyanattitude
Mar 5, 2003 2:30 am
what great news! you seem to have side-stepped the monopoly...there is hope yet... but...the ebay link appears to be dead...may we know who the seller was? ...
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MomentaryDogma <gi...
MomentaryDogma
Mar 4, 2003 9:21 pm
I purchased mine rather cheaply from eBay and had no problems at all. It was new and sealed, and the seller seems to have more available. In fact, here's a...
