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back to article A future queen, the spy chief behind the Iraq 'dodgy dossier' – and a war base rendezvous

Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, has been shown around the historic home of Britain's World War II codebreaking efforts by a former MI6 chief who was instrumental in Britain's decision to invade Iraq in 2003. She visited Bletchley Park today to be greeted by the chairman of Bletchley Park Trust Sir John Scarlett, …

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  1. Gray Ham Bronze badge
    Unhappy

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    I feel the sub-heading was sadly lacking in wit ... unless there's a joke in there that this ignorant antipodean colonial didn't understand.

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    1. Roger Greenwood
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      Yes but for most folk it's a boring subject anyway. --... ...-- -.. . --. ....- ..- ..-. --..

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    2. snot_meh
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      Frustratingly the post must still contain letters.

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  2. Mage Silver badge

    For youngsters

    Morse Code Translator

    or folks that thought the Rhythm Method was something only Catholics did.

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  3. Vladimir Plouzhnikov

    Oh, yeah... decode this:

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    There, I turned it around for your convenience ;-)

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    1. cortland
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      Re: Oh, yeah... decode this:

      My Uncle had a little ditty he learned in the Marines during WW2:

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      Radio, radio; RAH! RAH! RAH!

      Three dits four dits two dits DAH!

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      KA5S

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  4. Anonymous Coward
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    Send her to Iraq, then.

    She will be able to drum up a lot of support for another war, now that David Cameron has winked to the right wing media to start the frenzy and shape public opinion in support of this.

    What's not to like, except one is not sure whether she can use a keyboard or her head in decoding ENEMY SIGNALS.

    Oh wait, didnt they get upset when a foreign newspaper displayed a bit of her bum last weeK? And yet did fuckall when the French pressies displayed her boobs and dark nipples for the world to see?

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  5. Peter Simpson 1
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    Bletchley vs. NMC

    As somebody once said: "why can't we all just get along?"

    I realise there are tremendous egos involved at the management level, but wouldn't some kind of synergy be better than building walls? Can we, the nerds who support both institutions, work to cause a breakout of common sense?

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    1. Yet Another Anonymous coward Silver badge
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      Re: Bletchley vs. NMC

      But the Bletchely trust have evidence that the NMC have weapons of mass destruction that could be used within 32kb (1) and so must be stopped.

      (1) the evidence came from some posting on the internet and may be confused

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  6. Anonymous Coward
    Big Brother

    Campbell and the dodgy dossier ..

    'Sir John Scarlett, formerly the boss of the British Secret Intelligence Service under Tony Blair's government and a key author of the infamous “dodgy dossier” – Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction:'

    "Can we say he has secured uranium from Africa?”, Alastair Campbell

    http://www.globalresearch.ca/campbell-that-dodgy-dossier-and-the-lies-that-cost-david-kelly-his-life/7192

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  7. Herby

    Who knows??

    Maybe she will get a license. G3A?

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    1. Bloakey1
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      Re: Who knows??

      That would be M3 nowadays.

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  8. cortland

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    Can she get OFCOM to shut down PLC firms jamming reception of UK shortwave listeners and oeperators NOW?

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