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<DIV><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><B><FONT face=Verdana>Thursday 14 May, 6.30pm<BR>Garden Court Chambers <BR><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_3><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_0 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3LJ</SPAN></SPAN> </FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"></DIV>

<P class=widget-content align=left><BR></SPAN><FONT size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><FONT face=Verdana> </FONT><FONT face=Verdana><I>The’<SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_1>War on Terror</SPAN>’ has seen <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_4><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_2 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">intelligence agencies</SPAN></SPAN> become major political players.  'Rendition', untrammelled surveillance, torture and detention without trial are now the  norm. “ Spies, Lies and the War on Terror” traces the transformation of intelligence from a <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_5><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_3 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none">law enforcement tool</SPAN></SPAN> to a means of avoiding both national and international law. <BR>The new culture

 of victimhood in the US and its allies has crushed domestic liberties and formed a global network of extra-legal licence. State and corporate interests are increasingly fused in the new business of privatising fear. This lively and shocking account is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the new power of intelligence. <BR> </I>For information </FONT><FONT color=#0000ff><U><A href="http://www.spiesliesandwaronterror.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_6><FONT face=Verdana>http://www.spiesliesandwaronterror.com/</FONT></SPAN></A><BR><FONT face=Verdana> </FONT></U></FONT><B><FONT face=Verdana> </FONT></B></SPAN></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><BR><FONT face=Verdana>  </FONT></SPAN>

<P class=widget-content align=center><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px"><B>Speakers include<BR> <BR>Jonathan Bloch</B> studied law at the <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_7><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_4>University of Cape Town</SPAN></SPAN> and the <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_8 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_5 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">London School of Economics</SPAN></SPAN>. He was politically active in <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_9><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_6>South Africa</SPAN></SPAN> and remains involved in <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_10><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_7>Southern</SPAN></SPAN> African causes. He is now a London-based businessman and is a <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_8>Liberal Democrat</SPAN> councillor

 in the <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_11><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_9>London Borough of Haringey</SPAN></SPAN>. He co-authored <I><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_12><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_10>British Intelligence</SPAN></SPAN> and <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_13><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_11>Covert Action</SPAN></SPAN> and KGB/CIA, Global Intelligence:  The World's <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_14><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_12>Secret Services</SPAN></SPAN> Today </I>and was also a co-author of three chapters in the collection <I>Dirty Work 2: The CIA in <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_15><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_13>Africa</SPAN></SPAN>.<BR> </I><B> <BR><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_16 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_14 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM:

 #0066cc 1px dashed">Louise Christian</SPAN></SPAN></B> is a leading <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_17><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_15>human rights lawyer</SPAN></SPAN>, chair of Liberty, one of the Vice-Presidents of Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers; she acted for three of the British detainees at <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_18><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_16>Guantanamo Bay</SPAN></SPAN>.<BR> <B> <BR><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_19 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_17 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed</SPAN></SPAN> </B>is Executive Director if the Institute for <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_20><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_18>Policy Research and Development</SPAN></SPAN> (IPRD) and teaches <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_21><SPAN class=yshortcuts

 id=lw_1242047275_19>International Relations</SPAN></SPAN> at the <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_22><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_20>University of Sussex</SPAN></SPAN>. He is the author of several books on terrorism, including <I><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_23><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_21>The London Bombings</SPAN></SPAN>: An Independent Inquiry</I> (<SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_24><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_22>London</SPAN></SPAN>: Duckworth, 2006) and <I>The War on Truth: 9/11, Disinformation and the Anatomy of Terrorism.<BR> </I><B> <BR>Ben Hayes,</B> worked for <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_25><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_23>Statewatch</SPAN></SPAN> since 1996 and is Director of the Statewatch European Monitoring and Documenting Centre on Justice and Home Affairs in the EU (SEMDOC <<FONT color=#0000ff><U><A href="http://www.statewatch.org/semdoc/"

target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_26>http://www.statewatch.org/semdoc/</A>> ). He also works as researcher for the <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_27 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_24>Transnational Institute <<FONT color=#0000ff><A href="http://www.tni.org/" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_28>http://www.tni.org/</A>>  on their militarism and globalisation programme. <FONT color=#323232>Widely published on <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_29 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_25>civil liberties issues, Ben speaks regularly addresses international conferences, parliaments and intergovernmental organisations.

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<P class=widget-content align=center><FONT face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><I>Refreshments provided!<BR> </I> <BR> <I>The event is sponsored by CAMPACC & Bar <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_26>Human Rights Committee</SPAN> & Zed Books<BR>For information and RSVP contact<BR>CAMPACC Estella Schmid: <FONT color=#0000ff><U><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_30 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_27 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">estella24@tiscali.co.uk</SPAN></SPAN></U></FONT> tel 020 7586 5892<BR>Jonathan Bloch 077 85 55 00 43 or <FONT color=#0000ff><U><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242045606_31 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed"><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1242047275_28 style="CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px

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