Before the 1820 rising in the
West of Scotland a network of
don't call them government spies
call them MI5
call them MI6
call them special branch
call them the anti-terrorist squad
call them F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6 right through to 12
call them counter-insurgency
don't mention them
keep quiet about them
refuse to discuss how much money's spent
refuse to discuss what they do
swear everyone to secrecy
call them Intelligence
call the critics "unpatriotic"
call the critics "a security risk"
call the critics "conspiracy theorists"
call the critics "traitors"
call the critics paranoid
government spies kept watch
over the Combination Acts
against assembly