Ricin!

The Inside Story of the Terror Plot That Never Was

Lawrence Archer, Fiona Bawdon (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2010
Pluto Press (Verlag)
978-0-7453-2927-7 (ISBN)

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The first book to uncover the full story behind the so-called Ricin terror plot, which exposes the extent of government spin around security.

In January 2003, the British media splashed the news that anti-terror police had disrupted an Al-Qaeda cell, poised to unleash the deadly poison ricin on the capital. Police had reportedly found traces of ricin, as well as a panoply of bomb and poison-making equipment in the cell's 'factory of death' - a shabby flat in north London. 'This danger is present and real, and with us now' announced prime minister Tony Blair.

But, when the 'Ricin plot' came to trial at the Old Bailey, a very different story emerged: there was no ricin and no sophisticated plot. Rarely has a legal case been so shamelessly distorted by government, media and security forces to push their own 'tough on terror' agendas. In this meticulously researched and compellingly written book, Lawrence Archer, the jury foreman at the trial, and journalist Fiona Bawdon, give the definitive story of the ricin plot, the trial and its aftermath.

Lawrence Archer is the telecoms engineer who was foreman of the jury at the 2005 Ricin trial, and has followed the lives of the acquitted defendants ever since, including attending their High Court and immigration appeal hearings. He is co-author of Ricin!: The Inside Story of the Terror Plot That Never Was (Pluto, 2010). Fiona Bawdon is a freelance journalist. She writes on criminal and civil justice issues for the national and specialist legal press. She is the co-author of Ricin!: The Inside Story of the Terror Plot That Never Was (Pluto, 2010). Michael Mansfield QC is an English barrister specialising in criminal defence work. He has often worked to overturn miscarriages of justice, including the wrongful imprisonment of both the Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six. He represented one of the acquitted defendants in the Ricin trial. He is the co-author of Ricin!: The Inside Story of the Terror Plot That Never Was (Pluto, 2010).

Foreword by Michael Mansfield QC

Dramatis Personae

Timeline

Significant Addresses

Introduction

1. The Trial

2. The Road from Algeria to the UK

3. Everything Changes on 9/11

4. Mohammed Meguerba

5. Arrests

6. Kamel Bourgass

7. What Ricin?

8. Backlash

9. Legacy

References

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.9.2010
Vorwort	Michael Mansfield
Zusatzinfo	11 b&w photographs
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	242 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
ISBN-10	0-7453-2927-6 / 0745329276
ISBN-13	978-0-7453-2927-7 / 9780745329277
Zustand	Neuware