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Chapman Pincher: the journalist prime ministers feared
Original: Pincher spent his career knowing more than the government wanted him to. Prime Ministers hated his stories. That tells y
Chapman Pincher built a career reporting what British governments would have preferred to keep secret, with his claims about Soviet infiltration of MI5 drawing particular fury from prime ministers. A new blog review of his work argues that the depth of official hostility to his stories is itself evidence he was on to something. Readers are revisiting his Cold War reporting and his long-running accusations about moles inside British intelligence.
Why now: Renewed interest in Cold War espionage and Pincher's claims about Soviet penetration of MI5, prompted by a book review circulating online.
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