turenchi (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Nigeria has won election for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations (UN) Security Council alongside Gabon and Brazil.Bosnia and Lebanon won but will be in the rare position of being subject to scrutiny by the UN's most powerful body while serving their two-year terms because the former has never served on the council and the latter has not been a member since 1953-54.Unlike previous Security Council...
The Osterley Times (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
The government of Benjamin Netanyahu is upping the stakes considerably in it's fight to have the charges of war crimes dismissed over it's invasion of Gaza. The British ambassador to the UN, John Sawers, told Israeli radio that the report contained “some very serious details which need to be investigated by both the Palestinian authorities and the Israeli authorities.” The reaction from...
War in Context (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Israel appeals for solidarity among international war criminals Haaretz, October 11, 2009 Israeli officials on Sunday criticized the British Ambassador to the United Nations John Sawers for backing a controversial United Nations report into Israel’s conflict with Hamas in Gaza last winter, saying that such support could backfire when Britain tries to conduct its own war on [...]
Military Times - News (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
UNITED NATIONS — The Security Council voted Thursday to extend U.N. authorization for NATO’s 70,000-strong force in Afghanistan for a year, emphasizing the importance of protecting civilians just as the U.S. and international commitment to the war is under review.Britain’s U.N. Ambassador, John Sawers, said the resolution’s unanimous adoption by all 15 council members “underlines...
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
By JOHN F. BURNS NYT LONDON — The head of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service has joined other senior British government officials in the defense of Britain’s counterterrorism policies, rejecting accusations that his agency has colluded in the torture of terrorist suspects being interrogated abroad. In an interview broadcast by the BBC on Monday, the official, Sir John Scarlett,...
Diplomatic Blogoir (Free subscription) | 07/07/2009
Once again the Guardian talking sense , this time on the Sir John Sawers' untimely Facebook story : ... the revelations of Lady Shelley surely contain very little that those in search of such information could not find somewhere else in the course of an afternoon. And certainly there seems to be nothing here to suggest that Sir John is a man of such incurable indiscretion that he should never have...
Kempton - ideas Revolutionary (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009
John Sawers, British ambassador to the United Nations, will soon to be the chief of MI6 (UK Secret Intelligence Service). Sawers is in a “Facebook Controversy” at the moment as reported here, here, here, and here. While I don’t know exactly when, but the day that these so-called “facebook controversies” becoming “non-news” will come. P.S. People who honestly...
France24 (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009
In what has been called an “extraordinary lapse,” the wife of the new head of Britain's spy agency, Sir John Sawers, posted pictures of her husband, family and friends on Facebook, sparking calls for an enquiry.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009
Family photographs on Facebook of Sir John Sawers, soon to be the chief of MI6, caused a little flurry of excitement in diplomatic and journalistic circles.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
LONDON, July 5 (UPI) -- John Sawers' suitability to head Britain's Secret Intelligence Service is being questioned in light of his wife's disclosures on Facebook, sources said. Sawers is Britain's ambassador to the United Nations. In November, he's scheduled to become chief of MI6, Britain's spying operations abroad. Last month, Sawers' wife, Shelley, posted dozens of pictures, with captions, to her...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
• 'It's not a state secret that he wears Speedo trunks' • Lib Dems seek inquiry over Sir John Sawers exposure The foreign secretary, David Miliband, today attempted to play down the significance of internet photographs showing Britain's new spy boss holidaying with his children and other relatives and friends. The family photos were posted on Facebook by Sir John Sawers's wife, Shelley,...
Simple Thoughts - Java and Web Blog (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
LONDON - The credibility of Britain's new chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, Sir John Sawers, is being questioned after his wife published family holiday photographs and other personal details on Facebook. Currently Britain's ambassador to the United Nations, Sir John will take up his post as MI6 head, in charge of Britain's spying operations abroad, [...]
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
The Liberal Democrats in Britain were calling for an inquiry today into whether the new head of MI6, Sir John Sawers, should be allowed to take up his post after his wife apparently published personal details and photographs on the Facebook website.
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
LONDON, June 17 (UPI) -- The naming of British diplomat John Sawers as new chief of the spy agency MI6 is a surprise move because he is an outsider, analysts say. Sawers, the British Permanent Representative to the United Nations has close ties to the Labor Party leadership. This week, he became the first outsider to head MI6 in more than 40 years, replacing the retiring John Scarlett, The Times of...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
LONDON, June 16 (UPI) -- Sir John Sawers, a longtime diplomat serving as Britain's ambassador to the United Nations, was named head of the British spy agency MI6 Tuesday. The appointment is a change from tradition, Financial Times reported. In the past the chief of MI6, or the Secret Intelligence Service, has been an insider with a long career in espionage and intelligence. Sawers replaces Sir John...
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