Duncan Campbell

Investigative journalist & TV producer

... is the title Guardian OnLine gave to a report on the battle over effective encryption being waged on both sides of the Atlantic (18 September 1997). A month later, the European Community issued a landmark report which suggests that Brussels will feel economically better if we screw the spooks instead (15 October 1997).

internet saved !

... but not, alas, yet safe from the spooks. This is a report of the result of the Shetland Times - v Shetland News web linking case.

information technology

Some other recent articles I have written for GuardianOnLine on IT issues can be found on their web pages (but see the note below) :

Courtroom and legal IT systems (12 June 1997)

Data Protection and the Press (3 July 1997)

Computer Assisted Reporting (10 July 1997)

Nottinghamshire Council abandons Web copyright action (31 July 1997)

Privacy and the new Data Protection proposals (7 August 1997)

Police intelligence systems read BT bills, vehicle numberplates (25 September 1997)

Mondex cash card cracked (25 September 1997)

Medical data is unsafe in the hand of the NHS, researcher claims (5 November 1997)

More Naked Gun than Top Gun (hackers and "information warfare" (26 December 1997)

Have a Hammy Christmas (18 December 1997)

New UK encryption and digital signature policy (29 April 1998)

Further articles on data protection have been published in UK Press Gazette :

Proposals for new privacy laws (22 August 1997)

menwith hill station

Menwith Hill Station is the largest electronic intelligence station in the world. Sheep have won the day in a legal appeal brought by two women peace protestors the NSA station in Yorkshire. A judge ruled that as the base lands were 70 per cent occupied by sheep, military lands bylaws made in 1996 criminalising trespass on the site were unlawful. The womens' convictions were quashed. As a result of the case, new information was revealed about connections between the base and the BT communications network in Britain.

An unofficial Menwith Hill Station site with links to official and (mostly) unofficial information is run by Yorkshire peace campaigners.

medicine and MI5

From BMJ last Christmas. Here is the report.

medical malpractice

Dr Peter Nixon sued Channel 4 and my production company IPTV Ltd over a 1994 programme, Preying on Hope, produced for the Undercover series. He failed and lost his case - spectacularly. Here are the reports of the case from the Independent, Guardian and British Medical Journal.

New Scientist magazine published my report about Dr Nixon's scientific methods on 27 September, 1997. However, only the summary below is on their web pages, but you can find the rest of it here.

TAKE A DEEP BREATH

Thousands of people have been diagnosed with a disease that may not even exist. This is a tale of hidden cameras, dubious science and a ruined reputation

In October 1997, Dr Nixon's name was removed from the Medical Register by the General Medical Council. This action removes legal entitlement to practice medicine.

A recent account of a couple who practised unpleasant "quackery" from a registered pharmacy in rural England was carried by the BMJ (13 September 1997). only the summary below is on their web pages, but you can find the story here.

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