Duncan Campbell
Summary
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 shares the same name as another Duncan Campbell, who was a long-standing correspondent for The Guardian.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.
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Let's hope a free Time Out magazine returns to its radical roots | Duncan Campbell
The new giveaway version of the London magazine should expose, reveal and challenge what goes on in the capital.
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“This wretched Communications Data Bill” - Duncan Campbell at Hacks/Hackers London
Legendary journalist Duncan Campbell spoke at Hacks/Hackers London about his lifelong crusade against state surveillance techniques. He sprang to prominence in the 70s and 80s by writing about the ECHELON network and SIGINT.
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Filkin report proposals could shield criminals and corrupt officers could shield criminals and corrupt officers | Duncan Campbell
While some of Dame Elizabeth's recommendations about links between police and media are welcome, others spell danger.
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Why it's good for police to talk | Duncan Campbell
If informal police contact with journalists is made illegal, the only winners will be corrupt officers.
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Press regulation needs to be reformed, but not by settling old scores
And so, as the saga pounds on, two fine, upstanding words are left behind. One is "pluralism", as in "hack the Murdoch empire down to size". The other is "independent", as in "enforce independent regulation of the press". Both words – mantras for Ed Miliband and David Cameron – define what the new Leveson judicial inquiry into all things deplorable is supposed to conclude.
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Unearthed: the scandal of the Sun, Ronnie Biggs and Scotland Yard
National Archives releases files detailing links between Rupert Murdoch's tabloid and the great train robber in 1970.
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Sir Paul Stephenson's resignation: the former Met boss has a tale to tell | Duncan Campbell
The police chief's memoir would be a fascinating account of why the Met is at the heart of the phone-hacking scandal.
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Now the painful task of cleaning up the Metropolitan police begins | Duncan Campbell
Now that officers have been prepared to jeopardise inquiries for personal gain, Sir Paul Stephenson must root out Met corruption.
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Brian Paige joins Radio Forth as PD
UTV Radio's senior programmer in the north west of England is leaving the group to return home to Scotland, and join Radio Forth as Programme Director. He'll replace Duncan Campbell at the Bauer station when he takes up the role in November, who is heading to Australia to work for ARN.
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