Marcus Aurelius: UK Refuses US on Using Bases Against Iran; UK MI-5 Diary on US CIA and FBI – Ten Times Too Many People, Overconfident
Categories: 04 Inter-State Conflict,07 Other Atrocities
Marcus Aurelius
Britain rejects US request to use UK bases in nuclear standoff with Iran
Secret legal advice states pre-emptive strike could be in breach of international law as Iran not yet ‘clear and present threat’ Military action not ‘right course’, Downing Street says
The Guardian, Thursday 25 October 2012
UK spymaster’s diary shows trans-Atlantic tension
By JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) – Overstaffed, overconfident and all too often over here.
That’s how a top British spymaster saw his American counterparts at the FBI and CIA, according to newly declassified diaries from the years after World War II.
Oct 26
