The Spy Who Hated Wikileaks

Richard Dearlove is the former head of the British foreign intelligence service. This is the intelligence department dramatized in James Bond films, and Dearlove could be described as the "real version" of "M" although in actuality the head of MI6 is referred to as "C".[1]

In July 2002, Dearlove reportedly said that "intelligence was being fixed around the policy", in reference to the run-up to the Iraq War.[2] The source for this remarkable observation is the now infamous "Downing Street Memo".

Dearlove recently held a talk at Cambridge, and insisted no recordings were to be made. Topic of the talk was "principally in relation to Wikileaks". In yet another twist of beautiful irony, the presentation was leaked.

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[1] Wikipedia — Mansfield Smith-Cumming — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansfield_Smith-Cumming#Pre-1914
Cached version — http://www.webcitation.org/5wvsmpHcg
[2] The Guardian — "Five key questions to be answered" — http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/23/chilcot-inquiry-questions
Cached version — http://www.webcitation.org/5wvtM0YVj
[3] Unfortunately, Youtube has slowly evolved into a somewhat of a black hole, sucking in media in a centralized location, then devouring (censoring) it through spurious copyright claims and other excuses. Download this clip if you want to make sure you keep it. If you're a Firefox user, have a look at this add-on.