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| + | '''Annie Machon''' (born 1968) is a former [[MI5]] intelligence officer who quit at the same time as [[David Shayler]], her partner at the time, to help him blow the whistle on criminality within the intelligence agencies. There followed a chase across Europe (August 1997), concluding with two years in exile in Paris. They, and many of their friends, family and supporters and journalists have been intimidated, and have been arrested and put on trial. A death threat was announced against Annie Machon on a Middle Eastern radio station.{{CN}} | ||
| − | == | + | In 2005, Machon published her first book, ''Spies, Lies and Whistleblowers: MI5, MI6 and the Shayler Affair'' in which she offers criticism of MI5 and the [[Secret Intelligence Service]] based on her observations of the two whilst in the employment of MI5. |
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| − | {{ | + | ==Background== |
| + | Machon read [[Classics]] at Cambridge University and after her academic years started a career in publishing. | ||
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| + | ==MI5== | ||
| + | In 1991 she was recruited by [[MI5]] where she was posted to their counter-subversion department, officially known as [[F2]]. It was there she met Shayler. She then spent two years working in [[T Branch]], investigating Irish terrorism, before being reposted to the international counter-terrorist division, known as [[G Branch]]. In 1996 she and Shayler resigned to blow the whistle on a range of matters including: | ||
| + | * Secret MI5 files held on the same ministers responsible for overseeing the intelligence services. | ||
| + | * Illegal MI5 phone taps | ||
| + | * MI5 lies to government | ||
| + | * IRA bombs that were allowed to happen | ||
| + | * False convictions following the [[1994 Israeli Embassy Bombing in London]], when two innocent people were wrongfully convicted. | ||
| + | * The attempted [[MI6]] assassination of [[Colonel Gaddafi]] of [[Libya]] | ||
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| + | ==After MI5== | ||
| + | [[File:30C3 Annie Machon.jpg|thumb|right|Annie Machon at 30C3 in Hamburg in December 2013]] | ||
| + | Drawing on her varied experiences, Machon is now an intelligence expert,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.it-defense.de/itdefense2008_de/pages/programm.html |title=Speaker at IT-Defense conference – Hamburg – Jan 2008 |publisher=It-defense.de |accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxbPHgkSAxA |title=RTTV News report June 2010 |work=Youtube |date=30 June 2010 |accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSRMasdyfak |title=RTTV Crosstalk Dec 2010 |work=Youtube |date=6 December 2010 |accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsMQDdR0HoU |title=RTTV News report Feb 2011 |work=Youtube |date=23 February 2011 |accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Act2AYMV3g |title=RTTV News report March 2011 |work=Youtube |date=6 March 2011 |accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBjwEfUmRfU |title=RTTV News report March 2011 |work=Youtube |date=2 March 2011 |accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref> author, journalist,<ref>{{cite news|author=Annie Machon |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2005/aug/03/july7.uk |title="MI5 must back use of phone-taps" – 3 Aug 2005 |publisher=The Guardian article |accessdate=1 January 2012 |location=London |date=3 August 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/7969608/Annie-Machon-my-so-called-life-as-a-spy.html |title=Sunday Telegraph article: "My so-called life as a spy – 29 Aug 2010 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |accessdate=1 January 2012 |first=Annie |last=MacHon |date=29 August 2010}}</ref> political campaigner,<ref>{{cite web|last=Machon |first=Annie |url=http://vimeo.com/13714158 |title=On stage with Wikileaks – Aug 2009 |publisher=Vimeo.com |accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Machon |first=Annie |url=http://vimeo.com/18539522 |title=Talk at Bits of Freedom – Amsterdam Oct 2010 |publisher=Vimeo.com |accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref> media trainer, and PR consultant. She is also a recognised international public speaker on a variety of intelligence-related and civil liberties issues.<ref>{{cite web|author=Annie Machon |url=http://www.anniemachon.com/annie_machon/public-speaking-experienc.html |title=International speaker |publisher=Anniemachon.com |date=28 January 2011 |accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref> | ||
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| + | In 2006 Machon ended her relationship with Shayler due to his use of [[hallucinogen]]ics and his messianic claims. In 2008 she worked for [[Make Wars History]]. Machon is featured in ''Last Man Out'', a 90-minute documentary movie by Jonathan Kerr-Smith about [[William Rodriguez]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyfilmvideo.com/2008/la-2008/schedule/la-july-2008.htm |title=NYfilmvideo.com |publisher=NYfilmvideo.com |accessdate=1 January 2012}}</ref> | ||
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| + | Currently Annie Machon is serving as European Director of [[Law Enforcement Against Prohibition|LEAP]] and has announced<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G81tJI2Pls</ref> the starting of a new [[Whistleblower]] protection organisation called 'Courage' at the [[30C3]] conference in [[Hamburg]] on the 29th of December 2013. | ||
| − | == | + | ==Refent Broadcasts== |
| − | *[http:// | + | Machon made several broadcasts on [[Russia Today]] in 2013. These include: |
| + | * "US looks even more like [[Stasi]]..."<ref>{{cite web|author=Published time: July 22, 2013 10:23 |url=http://rt.com/op-edge/merkel-nsa-spy-scandal-395/ |title=US looks even more like Stasi at news of Berlin cooperating with NSA — RT Op-Edge |publisher=Rt.com |date=2013-07-22 |accessdate=2013-08-03}}</ref> | ||
| + | * "[[Bradley Manning|Manning]] verdict..."<ref>{{cite web|author=Published time: July 31, 2013 02:15 |url=http://rt.com/op-edge/manning-trial-verdict-reaction-821/ |title=Manning verdict: US saying ‘send back whistleblowers, we're not charging them with capital offenses' — RT Op-Edge |publisher=Rt.com |date=2013-07-30 |accessdate=2013-08-03}}</ref> | ||
| + | * "[[GCHQ]] effectively prostituting itself to [[NSA]]"<ref>{{cite web|author=Published time: August 03, 2013 00:50 |url=http://rt.com/op-edge/nsa-gchq-mutual-assistance-976/ |title=GCHQ effectively prostituting itself to NSA — RT Op-Edge |publisher=Rt.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-03}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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| − | [[Category:Spooks|Machon, Annie]][[Category:MI5|Machon, Annie]] | + | ==External links== |
| + | * Machon, A. (2005). ''Spies, Lies and Whistleblowers: MI5 and the David Shayler Affair''. Book Guild Ltd. ISBN 1-85776-952-X | ||
| + | * [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2002/nov/15/gender.uk "The spy who loved me"]; Stuart Jeffries; [[The Guardian]], 15 November 2002. Retrieved on 8 April 2008. | ||
| + | * [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2000/apr/03/davidshayler.sabinedurrant "No place to hide"]; Sabine Durrant; [[The Guardian]], 3 April 2000. Retrieved on 8 April 2008. | ||
| + | * [http://www.anniemachon.ch/annie_machon/public-speaking-experienc.html "International speaker"] | ||
| + | * [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/newscomment.html?in_page_id=1787&in_article_id=474737 "David Shayler's former partner reveals: How the bullying State crushed him"]; Annie Machon; [[The Daily Mail]], 11 August 2007. Retrieved on 8 April 2008. | ||
| + | * [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-426874/MI5-whistleblower-girl-split-up.html whistleblower and his girl split up]; Jason Lewis; [[The Daily Mail]], 6 January 2007. Retrieved on 8 April 2008. | ||
| + | * [http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=8962 Real News interview (first of two parts)] | ||
| + | {{UG |link=533 |type=episode |desc=false flag attacks featuring Annie Machon}} | ||
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| + | [[Category:Spooks|Machon, Annie]] | ||
| + | [[Category:MI5|Machon, Annie]] | ||
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Annie Machon (born 1968) is a former MI5 intelligence officer who quit at the same time as David Shayler, her partner at the time, to help him blow the whistle on criminality within the intelligence agencies. There followed a chase across Europe (August 1997), concluding with two years in exile in Paris. They, and many of their friends, family and supporters and journalists have been intimidated, and have been arrested and put on trial. A death threat was announced against Annie Machon on a Middle Eastern radio station. [Citation Needed]
In 2005, Machon published her first book, Spies, Lies and Whistleblowers: MI5, MI6 and the Shayler Affair in which she offers criticism of MI5 and the Secret Intelligence Service based on her observations of the two whilst in the employment of MI5.
Background
Machon read Classics at Cambridge University and after her academic years started a career in publishing.
MI5
In 1991 she was recruited by MI5 where she was posted to their counter-subversion department, officially known as F2. It was there she met Shayler. She then spent two years working in T Branch, investigating Irish terrorism, before being reposted to the international counter-terrorist division, known as G Branch. In 1996 she and Shayler resigned to blow the whistle on a range of matters including:
- Secret MI5 files held on the same ministers responsible for overseeing the intelligence services.
- Illegal MI5 phone taps
- MI5 lies to government
- IRA bombs that were allowed to happen
- False convictions following the 1994 Israeli Embassy Bombing in London, when two innocent people were wrongfully convicted.
- The attempted MI6 assassination of Colonel Gaddafi of Libya
After MI5
Drawing on her varied experiences, Machon is now an intelligence expert,[1][2][3][4][5][6] author, journalist,[7][8] political campaigner,[9][10] media trainer, and PR consultant. She is also a recognised international public speaker on a variety of intelligence-related and civil liberties issues.[11]
In 2006 Machon ended her relationship with Shayler due to his use of hallucinogenics and his messianic claims. In 2008 she worked for Make Wars History. Machon is featured in Last Man Out, a 90-minute documentary movie by Jonathan Kerr-Smith about William Rodriguez.[12]
Currently Annie Machon is serving as European Director of LEAP and has announced[13] the starting of a new Whistleblower protection organisation called 'Courage' at the 30C3 conference in Hamburg on the 29th of December 2013.
Refent Broadcasts
Machon made several broadcasts on Russia Today in 2013. These include:
- "US looks even more like Stasi..."[14]
- "Manning verdict..."[15]
- "GCHQ effectively prostituting itself to NSA"[16]
References
- ↑ "Speaker at IT-Defense conference – Hamburg – Jan 2008". It-defense.de. Retrieved 1 January 2012.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ "RTTV News report June 2010". Youtube. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2012.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ "RTTV Crosstalk Dec 2010". Youtube. 6 December 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2012.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ "RTTV News report Feb 2011". Youtube. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ "RTTV News report March 2011". Youtube. 6 March 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ "RTTV News report March 2011". Youtube. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
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{{URL|example.com|optional display text}} - ↑ Machon, Annie. "On stage with Wikileaks – Aug 2009". Vimeo.com. Retrieved 1 January 2012.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ Machon, Annie. "Talk at Bits of Freedom – Amsterdam Oct 2010". Vimeo.com. Retrieved 1 January 2012.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ Annie Machon (28 January 2011). "International speaker". Anniemachon.com. Retrieved 1 January 2012.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ "NYfilmvideo.com". NYfilmvideo.com. Retrieved 1 January 2012.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G81tJI2Pls
- ↑ Published time: July 22, 2013 10:23 (2013-07-22). "US looks even more like Stasi at news of Berlin cooperating with NSA — RT Op-Edge". Rt.com. Retrieved 2013-08-03.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ Published time: July 31, 2013 02:15 (2013-07-30). "Manning verdict: US saying 'send back whistleblowers, we're not charging them with capital offenses' — RT Op-Edge". Rt.com. Retrieved 2013-08-03.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ Published time: August 03, 2013 00:50. "GCHQ effectively prostituting itself to NSA — RT Op-Edge". Rt.com. Retrieved 2013-08-03.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
External links
- Machon, A. (2005). Spies, Lies and Whistleblowers: MI5 and the David Shayler Affair. Book Guild Ltd. ISBN 1-85776-952-X
- "The spy who loved me"; Stuart Jeffries; The Guardian, 15 November 2002. Retrieved on 8 April 2008.
- "No place to hide"; Sabine Durrant; The Guardian, 3 April 2000. Retrieved on 8 April 2008.
- "International speaker"
- "David Shayler's former partner reveals: How the bullying State crushed him"; Annie Machon; The Daily Mail, 11 August 2007. Retrieved on 8 April 2008.
- whistleblower and his girl split up; Jason Lewis; The Daily Mail, 6 January 2007. Retrieved on 8 April 2008.
- Real News interview (first of two parts)
