Posted on 08/06/2014 11:41:16 AM PDT by the scotsman
'The veteran investigative journalist, Harry Chapman Pincher, known for unearthing military secrets, has died aged 100.
For more than 30 years, Pincher was the defence and science correspondent for the Daily Express - then Britain's biggest-selling daily.
He went on to publish several books alleging that MI5 had been penetrated at the highest levels by the Soviets.
Pincher celebrated his 100th birthday last March.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Pincher's son, Michael, said his father had died "of old age" and had faced death with "no regrets, no fear and no expectation".
The post described Pincher as "a journalist, author, fisherman, shot and scourge of politicians of all hues".
His last joke, said Michael, was "tell them I'm out of scoops".
Pincher published his last book, a memoir entitled Dangerous to Know, in February this year, and was already working on another.
His most controversial book, Their Trade is Treachery, revealed that Sir Roger Hollis, the head of MI5 until 1965, had been investigated as a suspected Soviet spy.'
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapman_Pincher
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11016167/Chapman-Pincher-obituary.html
That's pretty cool. RIP
It was not just a allegation. It was fact.
To be fair, the US was full of them too...perhaps still is..
Kewel.
Lived long enough to outlive his usefulness.
Rest in Peace...
“Their Trade is Treachery” and “Too Secret Too Long” are both good reads but cover some of the same ground. He relied on Peter Wright for information (before Wright had published “Spycatcher”).
Anyone interested in Cold War spycraft would do well to read some of his works. He was a good writer and the books are pretty easy to read.
The word you want is "despair".
RIP.
True, I own most of his books, not a bad novelist either.
True, I own most of his books, not a bad novelist either.
Tinker, Sailor, Soldier, Spy.
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