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How the FBI Rewrote Weather Underground Movie The Company You Keep - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 08/13/2018 - 05:49
The Weather Underground were the most successful Leftist militant group in history, a radical offshoot of the SDS and the anti-Vietnam War movement. As a result, Hollywood has almost no interest in telling stories about them and the only recent ClandesTime 149 – Rear Window - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 08/12/2018 - 07:28
Rear Window is one of my all-time favourite films so in this episode I discuss its unique production, the ethics of spying and voyeurism explored in the story, and feminist critiques of both Hitchcock and his movies.How the FBI rewrote Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 08/09/2018 - 05:37
Alfred Hitchcock virtually invented the spy movie genre, and made a career making films about murder, intrigue, cover-ups, suspense and spies. He suspected that he was under FBI surveillance during the production of Notorious, but the release file only covers a later period. Rather than beMaximum Stupidity: The Novichok Extradition - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 08/07/2018 - 07:35
In a low-key announcement the British government have demanded that Russia extradite two suspects in the Salisbury novichok attack. Media reporting on this latest move in the novichok saga is replete with the same contradictions and absurdities that have plagued this story since day one.ClandesTime 148 – The American President - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 08/05/2018 - 05:43
The American President is a romantic comedy set in the White House, set against a backdrop of political issues that are still part of our public conversation.US Navy teaches politics to officers using The American President - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 08/03/2018 - 10:00
A recently-released syllabus for the US Naval Academy’s course FP130: American Government and Constitutional Development inCover Up: After More than 2 Years, the US Navy Releases an Entirely Redacted Set of Movie Script Notes - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 07/31/2018 - 04:29
In March 2016 I submitted a request to the US Navy for copies of entertainment liaison office reports, script notes and production assistance agreementsClandesTime 147 – Crime, Censorship and the Copycat Effect - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 07/29/2018 - 06:52
For movie censors, crime is perhaps the most complex issue to make decisions about. They want the public to be alert to the possibility of crimes happening, and respectful of law enforcement institutions.Weaponised Liberalism: Russia, the West and the Great Game of Moral Equivalence - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 07/27/2018 - 04:34
The West’s claim to moral superiority and its assumption of the role of ‘world’s policeman’ are largely derived from a classical approach to liberalism.ClandesTime Special – Just When You Thought it was Safe to Go Back in the Novichok - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 07/25/2018 - 12:12
For the last several weeks the British media has been in full panic mode after two people were apparently poisoned in the English town of Amesbury, a few miles from Salisbury.When Thatcher Banned Celebrities from a Number 10 Party - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 07/25/2018 - 06:34
Subscriber Podcast #21 – Satirising the Security State - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 07/23/2018 - 06:50
While most entertainment supports or promote the military, police and intelliClandesTime 146 – The Death of David Kelly - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 07/15/2018 - 13:10
The death of weapons expert and UN inspector Dr David Kelly in the summer of 2003 is one of the Iraq War’s most enduring mysteries.Novichok being Rebooted More Often than Spiderman - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 07/11/2018 - 07:32
As the Amesbury poisoning drama enters its third act we have been given an entirely new set of claims regarding Novichok, which directly contradict the previous claims.ClandesTime 145 – Conspiracy Theories: John Paisley - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 07/08/2018 - 07:09
John Paisley was a senior CIA officer who worked on Team B, was the Agency’s liaison to the Watergate burglars, and according to some was a Soviet double agent.Ambassador, with this Novichok Bullshit You Are Really Spoiling Us… - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 07/05/2018 - 13:21
With the Russian World Cup proving to be one of the most entertaining, unpredictable and violence-free tournaments in recent memory the British government has been asking what it can do to disrupt the event.ClandesTime 144 – The Recruit (by Robert Muchamore) - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 07/01/2018 - 06:53
Deconstructing Julia Kristeva and the Communist Spy Allegations - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 06/27/2018 - 05:04
Julia Kristeva is one of the 20th century’s most famous female intellectuals who has won numerous gongs and awards for her contributionNo, George Orwell Wasn’t a Spy for British Intelligence (or a crypto-Right-winger) - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 06/26/2018 - 09:58
Ever since the revelation that the radical author George Orwell had provided names of possible communists to British intelligence, liberal revisionists have claimed he was a crypto-racist and a British spy.The New Cultural Cold War – Weaponised Liberalism and the World Cup - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 06/20/2018 - 12:58
As the Russian football team stands on the brink of qualification for the World Cup knockout rounds for the first time since the Soviet era, Western media begrudgingly grants them some credit.Documents Reveal Pentagon Censorship of Suicide in Hollywood - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 06/19/2018 - 12:49
Subscriber Podcast #20 – National Security Cinema: One Year On - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 06/17/2018 - 06:52
A year ago I published the book National SecuHundreds of Home Office staff are working with Film & TV Producers - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le ven, 06/15/2018 - 05:09
Information recently obtained under FOIA has revealed that up to 200 Home Office staff have liaised with TV and Film producers about the content of their products, usually without any kind of contract in place governing theiOperation Rodman: State Dept Cables on Dennis Rodman’s 2013 Visit to North Korea - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 06/14/2018 - 05:49
Dennis Rodman's visit to North Korea in early 2013 sent shock waves through the international media and inspired a CIA-supported Hollywood film about assassinating Kim Jong-Un.Trump’s Movie Trailer for Kim Summit Exposes Hypocrisy of Entertainment Propaganda - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 06/13/2018 - 07:12
The entertainment highlight of the Trump-Kim negotiations is, undoubtedly, the fake movie trailer the White House showed to North Korean officials and displayed before Trump's press conference in Singapore.ClandesTime 143 – We Were Lied to About 9/11 with Jon Gold - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 06/10/2018 - 06:50
This week I am joined by long-time 9/11 researcher and activist Jon Gold, to talk about his new book We Were Lied to About 9/11.The FBI thought the TV show The Untouchables inspired Criminals - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 06/06/2018 - 10:27
The Untouchables TV series (1959-63) was the first of its kind – a police procedural with explicit violence and action. Up until theClandesTime 142 – The Last Supper - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 06/03/2018 - 08:42
The Last Supper is a 1990s black comedy where a group of ultra-liberal post-graduate students invite right-wingers over for debate, and kill them if they cannot change their minds.ClandesTime 141 – The Pentagon, Feminism and Home Improvement - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 05/27/2018 - 07:55
In 1995 the Pentagon supported an episode of the popular sitcom Home Improvement, where Tim and Jill get to drive tanks at a Marine base.Subscriber Podcast #19 – The Politics of Eurovision - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 05/20/2018 - 07:25
For decades the Eurovision Song Contest has been a platform for projecting soft power anClandesTime 140 – How the CIA Censored The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 05/13/2018 - 08:55
In 1974 former CIA officer Victor Marchetti and former State Department official John Marks published their book The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence.ClandesTime 139 – The Politics of Star Wars - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 04/22/2018 - 05:39
This week I review the most recent Star Wars film The Last Jedi and analyse its politics.Salisbury, Skripals & Syrian Airstrikes – Tom Secker on Media Roots - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 04/16/2018 - 15:20
I recently joined Robbie Martin of Media Roots to discussion the Salisbury poisoning, the Skripals, the Syrian airstrikes and the general state of politics and Russophobia. We covered many of the reasons to be sceptical of the official sSubscriber Podcast #18 – How Pop Culture Predictively Programmed a Poisoning - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 04/15/2018 - 04:45
ClandesTime Special – Conspiracy Theories: The Salisbury Poisoning - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 04/08/2018 - 10:05
On March 4th Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia were poisoned in the sleepy British city of Salisbury, by forces currently unknown.ClandesTime 138 – The Reflecting Pool - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 04/08/2018 - 07:00
I am joined today by Robbie Martin and Pearse Redmond to talk about the 2008 9/11 conspiracy thriller The Reflecting Pool.When RFK Invoked James Bond While Trying to Kill Castro - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le jeu, 04/05/2018 - 05:10
Newly released documents in the JFK files have cast fresh light on the CIA’s plots to kill Fidel Castro. One interview with William Harvey &ClandesTime 137 – Rorschach Politics: Russiagate - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 04/01/2018 - 07:28
Russiagate has become both the gift that keeps on giving and the scandal that will not die. This week we take a look at the allegations, the perceptions and the misconceptions, examining how the ‘fake news’ crisis grew out of the claim that the Russian government hacked the 2016 US presidential election.Special Extra Bonus Subscriber Podcast – Cambridge Analytica - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 03/31/2018 - 14:01
In this special podcast just for Pearse’s patreon subscribers (also available to my subscribers) we discuss all things Cambridge Analytica, AlexanHomeland Mid-Season Review – Tom Secker on PPR - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le sam, 03/31/2018 - 12:10
In our mid-season review and analysis of Homeland season 7, Pearse and I get into various strands of the show including the Brett O’Keefe/Waco arc, the Russiagate conNational Security Cinema – Tom Secker on the Rory O’Connor Podcast - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 03/19/2018 - 05:06
Subscriber Podcast #17 – Naming the B-21 Bomber - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 03/18/2018 - 12:22
National Security Cinema – Tom Secker on The Dangerous History Podcast - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 03/06/2018 - 10:50
Professor CJ invited me onto his Dangerous History Podcast recently to discuss the research behind National Security Cinema, what we found, and what it means.ClandesTime 136 – The Politics of the Cinematic Universes - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 03/04/2018 - 05:50
From racism and sexism to the military-industrial complex, the politics both within the Marvel Cinematic Universe and surrounding it here in the real world are a constant source of news stories and controversy.The Military-Entertainment Complex – Tom Secker on Sirota - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mar, 02/27/2018 - 07:46
David Sirota invited me onto his podcast to talk about National Security Cinema and how the DOD and CIA secretly shape pop culture.ClandesTime 135 – Conspiracy Theories: Cambridge Analytica - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 02/25/2018 - 06:21
Cambridge Analytica are a big data marketing firm who, according to numerous media commentators, were the critical factor in the election of Donald Trump.SHOCKING Proof: Government Control in Hollywood – Tom Secker on the WideShut Webcast - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le lun, 02/19/2018 - 05:35
Keelan Balderson invited me back onto the WideShut Webcast to chat about the research that went into National Security Cinema, as well as the response and reception the book has enjoyed. We get quite deeply into the notion tClandesTime 134 – Spy vs. Spies - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 02/18/2018 - 07:14
Spy is a 2004 BBC gameshow where ordinary members of the public are trained and tested by real life ex-spooks and ultimately some are eliminated until there’s a winner.Homeland Season 7 Episode 1 – Tom Secker on PPR - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le mer, 02/14/2018 - 14:37
Continuing our long-running commentary, Pearse invited me back onto Porkins Policy Radio to talk about the first episode of the new season of Homeland. For the first time in several seasons Homeland maintained the storyline from the previous season rather than rebooting the shoSubscriber Podcast #16 – Why I do What I do - Spy Culture
Soumis par Aggregation le dim, 02/11/2018 - 06:43
On this monthR