Papers by Jane Kirkpatrick
In 1966, in what has become known as the Wilson Doctrine, the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, info... more In 1966, in what has become known as the Wilson Doctrine, the Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, informed Parliament that he had issued an instruction that the telephones of parliamentarians were not to be intercepted by the intelligence and security agencies. Subsequent Prime Ministers have all expressed their continued commitment to the Wilson Doctrine. This article examines the nature and limitations of the Wilson Doctrine, and its continued application in the context of recent legislative changes and a number of prominent recent cases. It focuses on apparent changes to the scope and attempts to set aside the Wilson Doctrine under the Blair government and the implications of the interception of the communications of Sinn Fein Members of Parliament, and the bugging of meetings involving the Labour MP Sadiq Khan.
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Oversight of intelligence and security agencies has become of significant interest in recent year... more Oversight of intelligence and security agencies has become of significant interest in recent years. In the UK the principal mechanism for providing parliamentary oversight of the agencies is the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC). However, until 2013 the ISC was a constitutional anomaly: as a statutory committee appointed by the Prime Minister it was a committee of parliamentarians, but not a committee of Parliament. In recent years a number of parliamentary select committees have undertaken inquiries involving scrutiny of the work of the intelligence agencies and the government's use of intelligence. Some select committees have also argued that Parliament should play a greater role in the scrutiny of intelligence. In 2011 the ISC proposed that it should become a committee of Parliament, an idea taken up in the Justice and Security green paper and which became reality in 2013. This article examines the role of select committees in scrutinising intelligence issues and the potential impact of the change in status of the ISC.
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Conference paper presented at the Alternative Futures and Popular Protest Conference, March 2015.
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This study offers a new and detailed examination of parliamentary scrutiny of the British intelli... more This study offers a new and detailed examination of parliamentary scrutiny of the British intelligence and security agencies. Through detailed analysis of parliamentary business, coupled with interviews with MPs, peers and senior officials, it examines the various mechanisms by which parliament seeks to scrutinise the secret state, and assesses the extent to which parliament has both the capacity and the will to provide effective oversight of intelligence and security policy and agencies. In addition to providing a detailed analysis of the impact of the Intelligence and Security Committee, this is the first book to examine the various other means by which a range of parliamentary bodies including select committees, all-party groups and individual parliamentarians have sought to scrutinise the intelligence agencies and the handling of intelligence by government.
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By putting the civilians’ experience at the forefront, This War of Mine addresses the side of war... more By putting the civilians’ experience at the forefront, This War of Mine addresses the side of war that is often overlooked in many forms of popular culture as well as International Relations discourse.
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A review of 1979 Revolution: Black Friday, an interactive documentary that succeeds in portraying... more A review of 1979 Revolution: Black Friday, an interactive documentary that succeeds in portraying the events and characters of the Iranian Revolution as nuanced rather than stereotyped or clichéd. It provides subtle insights into Iranian culture and is a stark contrast to the majority of video games set in the Middle East region, which usually involve players shooting their way through ‘the bad guys’ of the region. Playing 1979 Revolution is an entertaining way to learn about the revolution from the inside and provides a sense of how individuals were involved in events, rather than focusing on mass protests or key figures, which those studying and teaching the revolution may be more familiar with.
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