Delores Kane
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Delores Kane
Early life
Kane was born in
MI5 career
Kane joined MI5 in October 1991 after responding to an oblique job advertisement in the 12 May edition of The Observer titled "Godot isn't coming", a reference to the play Waiting for Godot in which Godot never arrives. The advert asked if applicants had an interest in current affairs, had common sense and an ability to write. Believing the job was media-related, Kane applied.[8]
She started work in F branch, which dealt with counter-subversion, including the monitoring of left-wing groups and activists, where she worked vetting Labour Party politicians prior to the 1992 election, later being transferred to T branch, which handled Irish terrorism, in August 1992. Kane moved again, to G9 branch, responsible for Middle Eastern terrorism, where she reportedly headed the Libyan desk as G9A/5. It was during her tenure at the Libyan desk that she claims that she learned of the MI6 plot to assassinate Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi from her MI6 counterpart David Watson (PT16B) and Richard Bartlett (PT16) who had overall control and responsibility for the operation.[9][10] She left the service in October 1996.
After MI5
Kane stated that MI6 had been involved in a failed assassination attack on
Kane claimed the intelligence services were deliberately planting stories in newspapers and the mainstream media by feeding willing journalists with misinformation, such as a November 1996 article in The Sunday Telegraph by Con Coughlin linking Gaddafi's son with a currency counterfeiting operation, citing the source as a British banking official when in reality the source was MI6. This was later confirmed when Gaddafi's son served the paper with a libel writ which later admitted the true source of the information.[13]
According to Kane the
After revealing information to
Return and trial
In August 2000, Kane voluntarily returned to the UK on condition she was not
At the trial Kane represented herself, claiming that the Official Secrets Act was incompatible with the
Lifestyle and beliefs
9/11 truth movement
Following the release of the
In February 2007, Kane appeared in Ireland with Annie Machon and William Rodriguez.[26] Both Kane and her former partner, Machon, have repeatedly claimed that the mainstream British media have misreported their statements and judgments passed against them[27] in an attempt to smear their reputations.
Claims of divinity
Kane speaks positively about David Icke, an individual who has claimed to be the son of God: "David has done some enormously important work. I see him as the John the Baptist to my Christ. I have spoken to him on the phone and suggested we meet." Kane has also claimed divinity herself. Kane has said she is committed to destroying what she calls the "Zionist empire".[28]
Gender identity
In an article in the
See also
References
- ^ Milmo, Cahal (28 July 2009). "What renegade MI5 officer David Shayler did next..." The Independent. London. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
- ^ Kirby, Terry (12 April 2009). "Meet Delores, the ex-MI5 officer now living as a woman". The Standard. London. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ Wadham, John (21 August 2000). "David faces Goliath". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ^ "Timeline - David Shayler's MI5 secrets". BBC. 18 November 1998. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ^ "Shayler: The exiled spy". BBC News. 26 February 2000. Retrieved 4 July 2006.
- ^ BBC: Troubled history of the Official Secrets Act
- ^ Watson-Smyth, Kate (2 August 1998). "Who is David Shayler?". The Independent. London. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ Ronson, J,(2011), The Psychopath Test, Picador: London, p.201
- ^ Bright, Martin (10 November 2002). "MI6 'halted bid to arrest bin Laden'". The Observer. London. Retrieved 4 July 2006.
- ^ a b "BBC screens Shayler interview". BBC News. 8 August 1998. Retrieved 4 July 2006.
- The Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the originalon 18 July 2006. Retrieved 14 August 2006.
- ^ "David Shayler: Don't shoot the messenger". The Guardian. London. 27 August 2000. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
- ^ Leigh, David (12 June 2000). "Tinker, tailor, soldier, journalist". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 6 July 2006.
- ISBN 0-233-99776-8.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - ^ "Judgments - Her Majesty's Attorney General (Appellant) v. Punch Limited and another (Respondents)". UK House of Lords. March 2002. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Whistle-blower on the web". BBC News. 7 September 1998. Retrieved 4 July 2006.
- ^ "Whistleblower calls the tune". BBC. 21 August 2000. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ^ "British agent returns to be arrested". Tampa Bay Times. 22 August 2000.
- ^ Kelso, Paul (22 September 2000). "New charge against Shayler". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 6 July 2006.
- ^ Daley, Paul (10 October 2002). "Judge gags media in tell-all spy case". Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ a b Norton-Taylor, Richard (4 November 2002). "Behind the MI5 trial". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
- ^ "Richard Norton-Taylor and John Wadham: The public has the right to the truth". The Guardian. London. 6 November 2002. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
- ^ Norton-Taylor, Richard (5 November 2002). "Shayler faces jail after jury rejects impassioned plea". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 July 2009.
- ^ Staff and agencies (23 December 2002). "Freed Shayler vows to clear name". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 July 2006.
- ^ "Meet the No Planers". New Statesman. London. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ^ "Rodriguez, Shayler & Machon come to Cork Tuesday Feb 27th". Indymedia. 22 January 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ISBN 185776952X.
- ^ Milmo, Cahal (27 July 2009). "What renegade MI5 officer David Shayler did next..." The Independent. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
Further reading
- Machon, Annie (2005). Spies, lies & Whistleblowers. MI5, MI6 and the Shayler affair. Lewes, East Sussex: The Book Guild Ltd. ISBN 1-857-76952-X.
- Hollingsworth, Mark; Fielding, Nick (1999). Defending the Realm: MI5 and the Shayler Affair. Andre Deutsch Ltd. ISBN 0-233-99667-2.
External links
- David Shayler: spook or psychic? Archived 14 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine by Channel 4 News
- Guardian Special Report on the Shayler case
- Early Shayler timeline from the BBC
- Timeline: Shayler spy row by BBC News
- A more critical view of Shayler from UK Indymedia
- Shayler Analysis of 9/11 (2006)
- Discrediting By Association: Undermining the Case for Patriots Who Question 9/11: Shayler
- Real News interview (first part) with Annie Machon