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Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts) Sat Mar 2, 2013, 05:51 AM Mar 2013

Police spies: in bed with a fictional character

Via Beckons Truth on FB.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/mar/01/police-spy-fictional-character

He was a burly, funny scouser called Mark Cassidy. His girlfriend – a secondary school teacher he shared a flat with for four years – believed they were almost "man and wife". Then, in 2000, as the couple were discussing plans for the future, Cassidy suddenly vanished, never to be seen again.

An investigation by the Guardian has established that his real name is Mark Jenner. He was an undercover police officer in the Metropolitan police's special demonstration squad (SDS), one of two units that specialised in infiltrating protest groups.

His girlfriend, whose story can be told for the first time as her evidence to a parliamentary inquiry is made public, said living with a police spy has had an "enormous impact" on her life.

"It has impacted seriously on my ability to trust, and that has impacted on my current relationship and other subsequent relationships," she said, adopting the pseudonym Alison. "It has also distorted my perceptions of love and my perceptions of sex."

(Most at the link.)

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Police spies: in bed with a fictional character (Original Post) Fire Walk With Me Mar 2013 OP

I'll bet it did Demeter Mar 2013 #1

This seems like rape hootinholler Mar 2013 #2

What the hell is a "scouser"? Must be a British term. Not in my dictionary. n/t 99th_Monkey Mar 2013 #3

I think people near Liverpool limpyhobbler Mar 2013 #4

"local dockers, families and sailors became known as 'scousers'. " 99th_Monkey Mar 2013 #5

This is a completely disgusting and perverse abuse of authority and betrayal of the public trust. limpyhobbler Mar 2013 #6

Demeter

(85,373 posts)

1. I'll bet it did

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 08:51 AM

Mar 2013

I was married to a poseur and narcissist myself, and still haven't recovered. The betrayal, the layers of deception, the selfishness, destroy an intimate relationship and the victim.

hootinholler

(26,449 posts)

2. This seems like rape

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 01:30 PM

Mar 2013

I don't have words.

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)

3. What the hell is a "scouser"? Must be a British term. Not in my dictionary. n/t

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 03:46 PM

Mar 2013

limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)

4. I think people near Liverpool

Reply to 99th_Monkey (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 06:46 PM

Mar 2013

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouse

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)

5. "local dockers, families and sailors became known as 'scousers'. "

Reply to limpyhobbler (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 06:51 PM

Mar 2013

thanks for tracking that down. I thought maybe it was a typo.

limpyhobbler

(8,244 posts)

6. This is a completely disgusting and perverse abuse of authority and betrayal of the public trust.

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Original post)

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 06:56 PM

Mar 2013

Is this state sanctioned rape?

The government sending undercover cops to have sex with protesters is completely disgusting.

I never can forget this story from 2011:

Undercover police cleared 'to have sex with activists'
Promiscuity 'regularly used as tactic', says former officer, contradicting claims from Acpo

Mark Kennedy had sexual relationships with several women while serving as an undercover policeman and infiltrating a ring of environmental activists
Undercover police officers routinely adopted a tactic of "promiscuity" with the blessing of senior commanders, according to a former agent who worked in a secretive unit of the Metropolitan police for four years.

The former undercover policeman claims that sexual relationships with activists were sanctioned for both men and women officers infiltrating anarchist, leftwing and environmental groups.

Sex was a tool to help officers blend in, the officer claimed, and was widely used as a technique to glean intelligence. His comments contradict claims last week from the Association of Chief Police Officers that operatives were absolutely forbidden to sleep with activists.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan/22/undercover-police-cleared-sex-activists

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