Dimensions
154 x 234 x 24mm
Inside the Secret World of MI6.
Richard Tomlinson was recruited initially by MI6, the British foreign intelligence service, during his senior year at Cambridge University in 1991. After joining, he quickly gained the trust and confidence of one of the world's most effective intelligence organisations: he was relied on to smuggle nuclear secrets out of Moscow, to run an undercover operation in Sarajevo while the city was under siege, and to infiltrate and dismantle a criminal group that sought to export chemical weapons capabilities to Iran.
Four years after joining MI6, Tomlinson's career was abruptly terminated for reasons that are still not clear. When he tried to fight the unjust dismissal, Tomlinson was arrested for breaking the notorious Official Secrets Act and imprisoned in one of Britain's toughest maximum security prisons.
Following his release, MI6 kept up its pressure, hounding Tomlinson, launching a smear campaign in the international press and pressuring its allies around the world to arrest and expel him. The British intelligence service has used threats of legal action to force publishers in several countries to abandon plans to publish this book.
'The Big Breach' opens a unique window into the post Cost War world of spying. It reveals details of operations in Bosnia, Iran and South Africa. It is the real life story of a modern spy that discloses the inner workings of Britain's most secret espionage agency.
