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‘Check the statute book, Professor. The Coroners and Justice Act 2009.’ ‘Refresh my memory.’ ‘Clearly prohibits any monetary gain by the description of a crime. Little thing called an “exploitative proceeds order”. Mainly ex-cons looking to cash in. But it comes in handy for us spooks now and then.’
Matthew Richardson • The Scarlet Papers: The Times Thriller of the Year 2023
Samson Syndrome. It was the spy’s equivalent of the mid-life crisis. The most famous case was the MI5 officer Michael Bettaney who was convicted of spying for the KGB in the eighties. The cause? Not buying a train ticket. Because he was caught fare-dodging, Bettaney knew he would fail his next security review; failing the review would lead to his
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Othman was the director of the Syrian Atomic Energy Commission.
Ronen Bergman • Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
People v. Clark, 2023 IL App (1st) 231770
The document discusses the timeliness of the State's petition to detain Carlos Clark under the Pretrial Fairness Act and the interpretation of relevant statutory provisions in Illinois law.
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While most of the coverage of Musk's wrecking crew has focused on the broccoli-haired Gen Z brownshirts who are wilding through the server rooms at giant, critical government agencies, Tkacik homes in on their boss, Tom Krause, whom she memorably dubs "the Fagin figure leading Elon Musk’s merry band of pubescent sovereignty pickpockets" (I told you... See more