The Big Breach: From Top Secret to Maximum Security

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For other people named Richard Tomlinson, see Richard Tomlinson (disambiguation). Richard Tomlinson Radnofsky, Louise (20 February 2008). "MI6 did not assassinate Diana, ex-chief tells inquest". The Guardian . Retrieved 25 April 2020. Cochrane, Alan (9 February 2008). "Former spy in line for top Scottish Tory job" . http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/1578128/Former-spy-in-line-for-top-Scottish-Tory-job.html . Retrieved 15 February 2013. a b c d Du Chateau, Carroll (31 May 2000). "Outcast: the spy who wants to spill the beans". The New Zealand Herald.

Norton-Taylor, Richard (29 June 2006). "Police raid Riviera home of former MI6 officer". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021 . Retrieved 3 December 2012. Government lawyers revealed yesterday that they had decided not to prosecute Richard Tomlinson, the former MI6 officer, for describing his adventures in Britain's secret intelligence service. After years of cat and mouse operations with the renegade spy, the Crown Prosecution Service said it had decided that there was no real prospect of conviction in a jury trial and, where there was such a prospect, a trial would reveal "sensitive matters".Lord Stevens report: Claims and conclusions". The Telegraph. 2 March 2007. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 18 October 2016. In 2007, government lawyers decided not to prosecute him for publishing The Big Breach. [57] The Crown Prosecution Service said there was no real prospect of conviction in a jury trial, which would reveal "sensitive matters". [57] In 2009, MI6 agreed to allow Tomlinson to return to Britain, unfreeze royalties from his book and drop the threat of charges if he agreed to stop disclosing information about MI6 and speaking to the media. [7] According to The Sunday Times, MI6 also apologised for its "unfair treatment" of him. [7] a b "I fear for my life, says renegade MI6 spy". The Guardian. 16 May 1999. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021 . Retrieved 4 December 2012.

Palmer, Richard (14 February 2008). "Diana death crash was 'just like a plot by MI6' ". Daily Express . Retrieved 19 October 2016. Jimmy Burns, reviewing the book for the Financial Times, speculated that it was plausible that "MI6's senior management realised they had made a terrible mistake in recruiting someone who thought that espionage was just one big adventure." [39] He concluded, however, that the book "left me with the feeling that the spooks in Whitehall could have avoided a great deal of adverse publicity by agreeing to Tomlinson's original proposal: an employment tribunal held in camera." [39] Gregory, Martyn (24 August 2017). "Beach BBQs with Dodi, rows with bodyguards and that 'engagement ring'... The truth about the last week of Princess Diana's life". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 29 May 2018. Lashmar, Paul (14 May 1999). "The making of a traitor" . http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-making-of-a-traitor-1093352.html . Retrieved 9 June 2013.

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Publishing such details could put lives at risk, he said, adding that Whitehall was examining how 'the damage of this disclosure can be minimised.' Neilan, Terence (8 June 1999). "World Briefing" . http://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/08/world/world-briefing.html . Retrieved 15 February 2013. Du Chateau, Carroll (31 May 2000). "Outcast: the spy who wants to spill the beans" . http://www.nzherald.co.nz/carroll-du-chateau/news/article.cfm?a_id=69&objectid=138732. a b Palmer, Richard (8 April 2008). "Diana: Why the conspiracy theories died". Daily Express . Retrieved 19 October 2016. Norton-Taylor, Richard (29 June 2006). "Police raid Riviera home of former MI6 officer" . http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/jun/29/immigrationpolicy . Retrieved 3 December 2012.

From marble halls to mud huts, Inaugural Lectures Series, From an Inaugural Lecture Delivered in the University of Birmingham on 14 November 1972 (Birmingham: University of Birmingham, 1973) ISBN 0704400316a b How Diana Died: The Conspiracy Files, BBC Two, 10 December 2006 (BBC transcript); "How Diana Died: The Conspiracy Files"', BBC News, 7 December 2006

Britain's secret intelligence service, MI6, was thrown into unprecedented disarray last night when a renegade former officer published the names of over 100 agents - some said to be false - on the internet.Rachman, Gideon (18 February 2008). "My friend, the renegade spy". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021 . Retrieved 4 December 2012. The agent, who spent six months in jail for trying to sell his memoirs in breach of the Official Secrets Act, spent two hours behind closed doors at the Palais de Justice in Paris. a b "Spying scandal spreads". BBC News. 20 December 1999. Archived from the original on 19 April 2003 . Retrieved 5 December 2012. a b c d e f Mueller, Andrew (3 September 2006). "The Spy Who Was Left out in the Cold". Independent on Sunday. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021 . Retrieved 15 February 2013.