Duncan Campbell (investigative journalist)
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Duncan Campbell is a British freelance investigative journalist and television producer who has specialised in intelligence issues, was prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act in the 'ABC Trial' in 1978 and made the controversial series Secret Society for the BBC in 1987 (see Zircon affair). He was a staff writer and assistant editor of the New Statesman from 1978-91.
He should not be confused with another Duncan Campbell, who is a long-standing correspondent for The Guardian.
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[edit] Important articles
In 1980, his article revealing the existence of the secret Standing Committee on Pressure Groups (SCOPG) in Hong Kong led to the revelation that most pressure groups and individual members of the opposition were under surveillance by the colonial government. Duncan's article asserts that Hong Kong under then governor Sir Murray MacLehose had become a dictatorship. In his words: "Hong Kong is a dictatorship; and scarcely a benevolent one."
Campbell revealed in 1988, in an article titled "Somebody's listening" and published in New Statesman, the existence of the ECHELON surveillance program.[1]
In 1999 he wrote a report on COMINT entitled Interception Capabilities 2000 for the European Parliament.[2]
In 2005 and 2007, Campbell investigated and wrote criticisms of the Operation Ore child pornography prosecutions in the U.K., which exposed police errors and "revealed how computer evidence used against 7,272 people in the UK accused of being paedophiles had been founded on falsehoods." These articles were "Operation Ore Exposed" and "Sex, Lies and the Missing Videotape," both published in PC Pro magazine.[3][4]
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[edit] References
- ^ Campbell, Duncan (1988-08-12), “Somebody's Listening”, New Statesman, <http://duncan.gn.apc.org/echelon-dc.htm>. Retrieved on 19 June 2007
- ^ Campbell, Duncan (1999-04), Interception Capabilities 2000, European Parliament, Directorate General for Research, Directorate A, The STOA Programme, <http://www.cyber-rights.org/interception/stoa/interception_capabilities_2000.htm>. Retrieved on 19 June 2007
- ^ Campbell, Duncan (2005-07-01), “Operation Ore Exposed”, PC Pro, <http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/74690/operation-ore-exposed/page3.html>. Retrieved on 19 June 2007
- ^ Campbell, Duncan (2007-04-01), “Sex, Lies and the Missing Videotape”, PC Pro, <http://ore-exposed.obu-investigators.com/PC_PRO_Operation_Ore_Exposed_2.html>. Retrieved on 19 June 2007
[edit] Further reading
- Campbell, D. (1980). Colonialism: A Secret Plan for Dictatorship New Statesman, December 12, 1980.
- Campbell, D. (1981). Big Brother is Listening: Phone Tappers and the Security State. New Statesman Report 2.
- Campbell, D. (1982). War Plan UK: The Truth about Civil Defence in Britain (1st ed.). Burnett Books. ISBN 0-09-150670-0 (hardback), ISBN 0-09-150671-9 (paperback). 1983 Revised edition Paladin Books ISBN 0-586-08479-7.
- Campbell, D. (1984). The Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier: American Military Power in Britain. Michael Joseph. ISBN 0-7181-2289-5 (hardback), ISBN 0-7181-2350-6 (paperback).
