The Walls Have Ears - Dr Helen Fry
Who does not like to read stories of spying, intrigue, deception and of intelligence operations so subtle that those being spied upon didn’t even know it was happening? In The Walls Have Ears, the author, Dr Helen Fry uncovers the fascinating world of MI6 operations during 2 World War and how “bugging operations” and “interrogation techniques” glean information from prisoners that it could be argued shortened the war. This book concentrates on the leadership of one man, Thomas Kendrick, whose story itself is fascinating and the impact on the work he did setting up the listening and bugging M-Rooms. It is full of detailed analysis of the operations, the individuals involved and the conversations that were heard. The British war time intelligence operations were remarkable in many ways and there is still much that is not known about what, when why and how and the impact it had. Dr Helen Fry has undertaken meticulous research into released files and infor...