The Silent Conspiracy -- Inside the Intelligence Services in the 1990s

"This is the first book to study the reorganisation of the security services following the end of the Cold War. Dorril analyses how they began to change direction in the 1980s and are reacting to a post- glasnost KGB. He debates the role of MI5 as it faces a decline in domestic subversion and international terrorism, and asks whether it should be merged with its arch rival MI6. He assesses whether the intelligence community gives value for money, its recruitment policy and its controversial record in Northern Ireland. He shows how MI6 and GCHQ have targeted such institutions as the European Community, major banks and oil companies as economic intelligence becomes ever more important. He highlights the debate on the effectiveness between human and electronic intelligence, exposing how the increasing use of computer surveillance raises the spectre of a Big Brother. And he also examines how private intelligence agencies and operatives pose a threat to democracy. . . ."