The Lifeboat News
[ Message Archive | The Lifeboat News ]

    Five questions for Sir Keir Starmer about his US and UK national security links Archived Message

    Posted by margo on June 6, 2020, 10:23 am

    Five questions for Sir Keir Starmer about his US and UK national security establishment links
    Matt Kennard / Head of investigations at DeclassifiedUK, writing for GrayZone


    The public deserves answers about the UK’s new opposition leader and his relationship with the British national security establishment, including the MI5 and the Times newspaper, his former role in the Julian Assange case and his membership in the intelligence-linked Trilateral Commission.

    Dear Sir Keir,

    CONGRATULATIONS on being elected the new leader of the Labour Party. I have been researching your former role as the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for England and Wales. I wrote to you with some questions recently but received no reply, so I am now writing you an open letter to pose five critical questions which I believe are in the public interest:

    -- Why did you meet the head of MI5, the domestic security service, for informal social drinks in April 2013, the year after you decided not to prosecute MI5 for its role in torture?

    -- When and why did you join the Trilateral Commission and what does your membership of this intelligence-linked network entail?

    -- What did you discuss with then US Attorney General Eric Holder when you met him on 9 November 2011 in Washington DC, at a time you were handling the Julian Assange case as the public prosecutor?

    -- What role did you play in the Crown Prosecution Service’s irregular handling of the Julian Assange case during your period as DPP?

    -- Why did you develop such a close relationship with the Times newspaper while you were the DPP and does this relationship still exist? .... / Article continues >> https://thegrayzone.com/2020/06/05/five-questions-for-new-labour-leader-sir-keir-starmer-about-his-uk-and-us-national-security-establishment-links/

    Message Thread: