New Statesman 1987
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The parliamentary bypass operationThe government has failed to account to Parliament for expenditure of half a billion pounds on a secret 'spy' satellite. In doing so, it has flagrantly breached a solemn promise to inform Parliament, through its public Accounts Committee, of all major defence expenditure 23 January, 1987 |
How Zircon was launchedThe government has handed back material from the five Secret Society films seized from BBC Scotland in January. The Special Branch are now settling down to a long investigation of how the BBC2 Zircon programme was made. 13 February, 1987 |
The cost of ZirconA 'get-out' clause now supposedly allows the government to keep Parliament in the dark about projects like Zircon. Duncan Campbell explains why the get-out doesn't work. 27 February, 1987 |
BBC to show Secret SocietyDuncan Campbell's Secret Society BBC-2 series will finally go on the air in two weeks' time. However, only four of the six programmes made have so far been included in the BBC's schedules. 10 April, 1987 |
1. The databank dossierAs Britain stands, irreversibly, on the brink of establishing a chain of private and public national computer databanks, DUNCAN CAMPBELL proves that people do care about their privacy. 24 February, 1987 |
2. The final curtainIn his second report in the Secret Society series, Duncan Campbell reveals the codeword that would signal the end of civilisation in Britain. 1 May, 1987 |
3. Policing: a power in the landThe third Secret Society enquiry investigates ACPO, the Chief Constables' trade union, and found that its real function was to preserve police chiefs' freedom from accountability. 8 May, 1987 |
4. Defences downIn the fourth report from his Secret Society BBC-2 TV series, Duncan Campbell reveals that every major new radar defence system since 1945 has been a failure. Four billion-pound projects have gone wrong - and more disasters are on the way 15 May, 1987 |
5. Power play in WhitehallThe final episode of Secret Society explored how governments manipulate information to reinforce and retain power. However, programme is in the hands of the BBC who are refusing to release it. 22 May, 1987 |
Zircon: Why MPs didn't want to knowMPs colluded in being deceived by the government over the central issue of democratic accountability. 11 December 1987 |
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