Posted by Richard Crowley on 08/11/06 18:31

<mv@movingvision.co.uk> wrote ...
> It's ironic that we've only just had another strand about flying with
> camera kit. I'm on standby to go to the Gulf this month and glad to
> already have several robust flight cases in stock. Not Pelicans but
> galvanised steel, with reinforced seams and corners together with bloody
> great padlockable closures. Also glad to be shooting HDV on what's
> becoming for me the most common set up, a Z1 and an A1. I have every
> expectation that they'll survive all but the most unusually violent
> baggage handling. I will try to use direct flights too.
>
> But just a little patriotic rant from me. The British 'police' (actually
> MI5 and MI6) have done an excellent job of counter terrorism, however the
> American media barely acknowledge it, even claiming a significant US part
> in the operation, meantime the Pakistanis are also suggesting that it's
> all due to them too. The fact is that this operation has been underway
> since January. The mad buggers have been under surveillance and
> brilliantly infiltrated all that time. The US agencies by and large only
> being recipients of intelligence information from the Brits. The
> Pakistanis were merely used by the Brits to arrest two guys who had
> conveniently gone to Pakistan where they could be 'effectively
> interrogated'. Just thought I'd mention it because the understated and
> ultra low profile UK intelligence folks will never crow from the roof tops
> on their own behalf. Been going on like this since WWII.

In the last 24 hours I have monitored both the right-wing and
the left-wing popular media (both national and local) here in my
NW region of the US and they all gave the major credit to MI5,
MI6, and also mentioned the Pakistan officials and the US end.

I have heard several actualities from British officials about the
months of survelience, monitoring movements, meetings, financial
transactions, communications, etc. I did not hear anything about
infiltration, however, perhaps a (lately rare) example of restraint
on the part of the news media.

Are you saying that now we can't even trust how the MSM
reports about itself? :-)

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