Surveillance, secrecy and sovereignty
Alison Leonard welcomes a book that informs, shocks and enlightens
When I was a member of Chester Women for Peace in the 1980s, campaigning against US cruise nuclear missiles, several peace women suspected their phones were bugged. Police would turn up at the corner where they had agreed, on the phone, to meet for the protest; there was a pause when they dialled a certain number, or extraneous noises as they talked. I naively found this rather dramatic. Later, I wrote a play called Devices and Desires, a slightly creepy comedy around peace women and listening devices.
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