Spy Vs Spy

[fishlivejournal]

Two of our politicians have written books about spying: Andrew Wilkie wrote "Axis of Deceit", telling the tale of his decision to publicly resign from the Office of National Assessments(ONA)over the 2nd Gulf War, while Malcolm Turnbull wrote "the Spycatcher Trial" about Britian's attempt to prevent the publication of Spycatcher, by Peter Wright, in

Comments

[kingtheseus]

Interesting. Wilkie's naivity is a surprise to me. He comes across to me as someone much smarter, who would have written these parts out in a weary and sardonic style.

[fishlivejournal]

You've met him, or have some other reason to assume this?

[kingtheseus]

The limited coverage I'd seen him immediately after the election. It was like he was taking complex subjects and simplifying them for the masses for short sound bites. Though now I'm wondering if that was just the level of thinking he was operating at...