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The High Court, BAE and media massaging

By Simon Barrow
Created 10/04/2008 - 20:29

The success of arms trade campaigners in bringing the judicial review in which the High Court has ruled that the Serious Fraud Office and UK government acted illegally in dropping a corruption investigation against BAE Systems, under pressure from the Saudis, is a major achievement - though there was an attempt made on the BBC earlier today (10 April 2008) to suggest that it was all a fuss about nothing. The power of the defence industry and its allies in the media is still very strong indeed. See: http://faithinsociety.blogspot.com/2008/04/victory-for-truth-and-justice... [1]

Keywords: bae systems [1] | caat [1] | campaign against arms trade [1] | corruption [1] | high court [1] | judicial review [1] | the corner house [1]

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http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/6993