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prosecutions in the UK, which exposed police errors. Additionally, he "revealed how computer evidence used against 7,272 people in the UK accused of being paedophiles had been founded on falsehoods." These articles, "Operation Ore Exposed" and "Sex, Lies and the Missing Videotape", were both
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The tapes were later returned and the series broadcast on the BBC except for episode one. The BBC decided that the first episode, about secret cabinet committees, was too sensitive to show before the
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magazines, which during the early 1970s had a much more radical editorial remit than they did in later years. In 1976, Campbell wrote a seminal story for
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country have been preparing for the eventuality of war. In Britain, these preparations are kept secret. So what will happen when the balloon goes up?
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The article led to the forcible deportation of its American co-author, Hosenball. Campbell, who could not be deported, was instead placed under
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is supposed to protect us from abuse, but it's already out of date and full of loopholes. So what kind of abuses should we worry about?
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were under surveillance by the colonial government. Campbell's article asserts that Hong Kong under then governor Sir
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surveillance, which included the tapping of his phones. The following year, Campbell agreed to talk with ex-
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from 1978 to 1991 and associate editor (Investigations) from 1988 to 1991. He was prosecuted under the
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raided the corporation's Scottish headquarters in Glasgow and seized the tapes from the offices of
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articles on civil liberties, including an exposé on Britain's secret telephone tapping centre)
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Campbell revealed in 1988, in an article titled "Somebody's listening" and published in the
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Campbell, Duncan (1981). "Big Brother is Listening: Phone Tappers and the Security State".
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Campbell, Duncan (12 December 1980). "Colonialism: A Secret Plan for Dictatorship".
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Campbell, Duncan (12 December 1980). "Colonialism: A Secret Plan for Dictatorship".
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and how Government policy and actions are determined in the fields of law and order.
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Consultant on telecommunications, Technology Faculty, Open University, 1976–1982
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leaned on the BBC to prevent its damaging allegations from being made public.
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Visiting fellow of the Media School Bournemouth University, 2002–present.
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as gay in 1987 and has investigated many LGBT issues, including "bogus"
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to present and research a six part, half-hour documentary series called
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After leaving Sussex University, Campbell became a journalist on the
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On the Record: Surveillance, Computers and Privacy: the Inside Story
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In 2005 and 2007, Campbell investigated and wrote criticisms of the
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operator, John Berry, at Berry's home. He was accompanied by fellow
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The Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier: American Military Power in Britain
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in physics, chemistry, and maths, and then an open scholarship to
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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This article is about freelance investigative journalist. For
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principles, with emphasis on reports on housing, the police,
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In 1980, his article revealing the existence of the secret
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which the public accounts committee were not told about.
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War Plan UK — the Truth about Civil Defence in Britain
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War Plan UK: The Truth about Civil Defence in Britain
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War Plan UK: The Truth about Civil Defence in Britain
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Campbell at DeepSec In Depth Security Conference 2015
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