Lunatic intelligence opeations

[Michael Barwell]

I borrowed a book from the local library which I thought was simply called 'Assassination(s)', fascinating book. It made the case about how the CIA uses psychopaths for it's dirty business simply because they really like the kicks/buzz they get, which makes them more reliable than the 'ideallogically sound' that the KGB tried using ('idealogically sound' dosn't equate to having no morals, so more ops were unsuccessful). I'm pretty cynical about all this stuff, but it was a great book; I tried to get it out again, but it, and all records of it, disapeared, possibly because I'd annotated it quite alot (wrist-slap), and I don't seem to be able to find it online; good section on Lady Diana & 'Boston brakes' (I almost didn't get it out on the basis that it had a section on her - a bit too 'ooooh, conspiracy.. for me); damned good section on the shootings on the Rock too - Gibraltar/IRA; the book said the SAS were falsely briefed at the last minute by a shadowy type who spun a yarn to them; result being, SAS were mightily pissed-off at being lied to and used inappropriately. Interesting, an entirely new take on things. Yvonne Fletcher couldn't've been shot by the Libians either - bullet angle, which matched the angle of shot from a building being used by MI5(?) tho'. I'm pretty dismissive of these things, but it really did sound plausible, chapter after chapter. All-red cover, as I remember it, like I say tho', just don't seem to be able to trace it again. Couple of books I've had (and annotated) have disappeared; most books I'm likely to borrow have the '50' boldly circled in black pen, too. Odd.