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2010-01-31 Britain

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Posted by lotp 2010-01-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 How many US computers have key elements made in China?

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-01-31 02:43|| 2010-01-31 02:43|| Front Page Top

#2 In his sequel to The Eiger Sanction, Trevanian wrote The Loo Sanction, in which the assassin Hemlock, played by Clint Eastwood in the movie, is transplanted to Britain, where he is blackmailed to work for British Intelligence.

With great irony, Trevanian wrote The Eiger Sanction to be a spy novel parody, and The Loo Sanction, to be a parody of both The Eiger Sanction and the ultraviolence of Burgess' A Clockwork Orange. But both were taken at face value by the public and became best sellers.

I mention this because the leadership of British Intelligence was depicted as amazingly ruthless and vicious, led by a Church of England Reverend who saw no hypocrisy in leading church services one minute, and supervising the harvesting of organs from comatose enemy spy prisoners for the next.

Quite an enjoyable read, but makes the ruthlessness of James Bond look rather effete. And since Trevanian had some special insight into the workings of the US and British Intelligence operations, it would seem they had no objection to being portrayed as murderous.

Makes you wonder if they still "have it", when it comes to espionage hardball.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-01-31 08:25|| 2010-01-31 08:25|| Front Page Top

#3 ...only if the subjects were Justice Dept. lawyers, I suspect.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-01-31 09:44|| 2010-01-31 09:44|| Front Page Top

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