The Secret State and its Control of the Media

Former MI5 intelligence officer Annie Machon looks at how the security services use and manipulate the press. This is an exclusive talk with Annie who has not spoken about these specific issues before. She discusses how journalists are used stories influenced and how information is controlled using a system of access and ‘rewards’. Her departure from MI5 was reported round the world and she went on the run across Europe and lived in exile in France for three years.