I have added a link to SpyBlog on my site’s list of Current Favourites, as it has all sorts of informative pieces for those interested in some of the grainier details of government business and e-security/surveillance generally.

Try this piece on an attempt (unsuccessful!) to extract from the FCO the names of the Russian and UK diplomats expelled from their respective host capitals during the Litvinenko affair.

And, on the subject of leaks, if you are a disgruntled civil servant somewhere round the world planning to leak a document embarrassing to current official policy, you’d be well advised to check out these tips on how best to do it in such a way as to reduce somewhat your chances of getting caught.

Post the original document to a journalist? DNA traces everywhere. Photocopy it first? Risky:

Choose your Photocopier carefully. Some of the newer, high end photocopiers, especially colour ones, have built in anti-counterfeit US currency routines in the software…

Lots more – fascinating in a murky sort of way.