T. J. Coles, <i>Britain&apos;s Secret Wars: How and why the United Kingdom Sponsors Conflict around the World </i>

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Liam Fox, regarded as being on the right wing of the Conservative Party, resigned in disgrace in October 2011. In the 2009 expenses scandal, he was the Shadow Cabinet Minister found to have the largest over-claim on expenses and was forced to repay most of the money. In the following year, however, he was appointed by David Cameron as Defence Secretary, but was forced to resign on 14 October 2011 over allegations that he had given a close friend, lobbyist Adam Werritty, inappropriate access to the Ministry of Defence and allowed him to join official trips overseas. On 13 October 2011, the day before his resignation, Fox faced fresh accusations of running a shadow foreign policy after it emerged he was involved in setting up a private investment firm to operate in Sri Lanka in apparent contravention of UK government policy, with his controversial friend Adam Werritty as its key contact ( The Guardian 13.10.2011). In 2016, he was brought back to the front bench as the first Secretary of State for International Trade and one of the key “Brexit” ministers.
Martin, L. and Garnett, J. ( 1997). British Foreign Policy: Challenges and Choices for the 21 ^st Century . Pinter, p. 80.
US Joint Chiefs of Staff. ( 1962). “Justification for US Military Intervention in Cuba (Top Secret)”, US Department of Defense , 13 March. The Northwoods document was published online in a more complete form by the National Security Archive on 30 April 2001: “Pentagon Proposed Pretexts for Cuba Invasion in 1962”, National Security Archive , 30 April.
Bamford, J. ( 2001). “Fists”, In Body of Secrets . New York: Doubleday, note 3.
Defense Science Board, “DSB Summer Study on Special Operations and Joint Forces in Support of Countering Terrorism’, Final Outbrief, US Department of Defense , 16 August 2002; 78 pages (in Power Point format). Available online at http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/dod/dsbbrief.ppt (accessed 6 October).
For details of this briefing, which initiated the P2OG, see Keenan, J. ( 2013). The Dying Sahara . London: Pluto, pp. 5– 9.
For details, see Keenan, J. ( 2009). The Dark Sahara . London: Pluto.
US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. ( 2008). Report on Whether Public Statements Regarding Iraq by U.S. Government Officials were Substantiated by Intelligence Information . Available online at http://intelligence.senate.gov/080605/phase2a.pdf; and Report on Intelligence Activities Relating to Iraq Conducted by the Policy Counterterrorism Evaluation Group and the Office of Special Plans Within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 5 June, Washington, DC. Available online at http://intelligence.senate.gov/080605/phase2b.pdf. See also: Press Release of Intelligence Committee, “Senate Intelligence Committee Unveils Final Phase II Reports on Prewar Iraq Intelligence”, 5 June 2008. Available online at http://intelligence.senate.gov/press/record.cfm?id=298775 (accessed 6 October).
Keenan, J. ( 2016). Report on In Amenas . International State Crime Initiative, Queen Mary University of London. Available online at http://statecrime.org/data/2016/11/KEENAN-IN-AMENAS-REPORT-FINAL-November-2016.pdf (accessed 6 October).

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[1] Liam Fox, regarded as being on the right wing of the Conservative Party, resigned in disgrace in October 2011. In the 2009 expenses scandal, he was the Shadow Cabinet Minister found to have the largest over-claim on expenses and was forced to repay most of the money. In the following year, however, he was appointed by David Cameron as Defence Secretary, but was forced to resign on 14 October 2011 over allegations that he had given a close friend, lobbyist Adam Werritty, inappropriate access to the Ministry of Defence and allowed him to join official trips overseas. On 13 October 2011, the day before his resignation, Fox faced fresh accusations of running a shadow foreign policy after it emerged he was involved in setting up a private investment firm to operate in Sri Lanka in apparent contravention of UK government policy, with his controversial friend Adam Werritty as its key contact ( The Guardian 13.10.2011). In 2016, he was brought back to the front bench as the first Secretary of State for International Trade and one of the key “Brexit” ministers.

[2] Martin, L. and Garnett, J. ( 1997). British Foreign Policy: Challenges and Choices for the 21 ^st Century . Pinter, p. 80.

[3] US Joint Chiefs of Staff. ( 1962). “Justification for US Military Intervention in Cuba (Top Secret)”, US Department of Defense , 13 March. The Northwoods document was published online in a more complete form by the National Security Archive on 30 April 2001: “Pentagon Proposed Pretexts for Cuba Invasion in 1962”, National Security Archive , 30 April.

[4] Bamford, J. ( 2001). “Fists”, In Body of Secrets . New York: Doubleday, note 3.

[5] Defense Science Board, “DSB Summer Study on Special Operations and Joint Forces in Support of Countering Terrorism’, Final Outbrief, US Department of Defense , 16 August 2002; 78 pages (in Power Point format). Available online at http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/dod/dsbbrief.ppt (accessed 6 October).

[6] For details of this briefing, which initiated the P2OG, see Keenan, J. ( 2013). The Dying Sahara . London: Pluto, pp. 5– 9.

[7] For details, see Keenan, J. ( 2009). The Dark Sahara . London: Pluto.

[8] US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. ( 2008). Report on Whether Public Statements Regarding Iraq by U.S. Government Officials were Substantiated by Intelligence Information . Available online at http://intelligence.senate.gov/080605/phase2a.pdf; and Report on Intelligence Activities Relating to Iraq Conducted by the Policy Counterterrorism Evaluation Group and the Office of Special Plans Within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 5 June, Washington, DC. Available online at http://intelligence.senate.gov/080605/phase2b.pdf. See also: Press Release of Intelligence Committee, “Senate Intelligence Committee Unveils Final Phase II Reports on Prewar Iraq Intelligence”, 5 June 2008. Available online at http://intelligence.senate.gov/press/record.cfm?id=298775 (accessed 6 October).

[9] Keenan, J. ( 2016). Report on In Amenas . International State Crime Initiative, Queen Mary University of London. Available online at http://statecrime.org/data/2016/11/KEENAN-IN-AMENAS-REPORT-FINAL-November-2016.pdf (accessed 6 October).