Talk:Richard Tomlinson

message: Wikipedia has no policy against linking to copyrighted material; if it did there could be practically no links. Besides, cryptome offers the book for download with Tomlinson's consent. If you do not believe this, take it up with Cryptome.86.151.37.17 (talk) 19:21, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I see the same guy (124.171.4.229) has deleted the link again. If he has evidence that the book is made available at the cryptome site without the consent of the copyright holders, he should take it up with cryptome, and (if he wants to make an issue of it here) post the evidence here. In fact he doesn't have such evidence, as the book is made available at cryptome with Tomlinson's consent; they made it available after his own website thebigbreach.com, (where he also had it available for free download) was taken down. I suspect the guy taking the link down has his own agenda. I know we're supposed to assume good faith, but if he keeps taking the link down I suggest it should be treated as vandalism.217.42.13.36 22:16, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

text: Latest blog on blogger.com has been closed again on 8 March 2007.
keep up the good work
84.92.246.41 18:30, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Book

message: I would like to know if the gag order from SIS can be verified as the real reason the new blog and first blog at blogger.com from Richard Tomlinson (ex MI6 agent) was first blocked and then deleted.  Also I would like to know if someone can verify the other blog on blogger.com that was edited with 2 or 3 posts removed really belonged to the real Richard Tominson.
It's possible the creator of this blog could have been a fraud and the input of the blog does not at all look like they were from Richard Tomlinson.  The post with the letter from Metropolitan Police was put on the blog without blocking the address and there are claims that Tomlinson's hard drives were returned, but there has been no proof from CPS or SIS that this really happened.
The back-up blog doesn't look any more credible than the new one, so he might have originally created the blog, but what proof is there he is the one who controls its input?
It is suspicious that Richard Tomlinson was allowed to create another blog on blogger.com due to the fact he violated their user agreement and would not have been allowed to.  
Please let me know if the blogs are proven to belong to Richard Tomlinson, the CPS or Metropolitan Police did return the hard drives, the gag order from SIS really was the reason why the first blogger.com blog was first blocked and then deleted, and if the next blogger.com blog that was just edited of 2 or 3 posts does actually belong to him and he is the one in control of its input.  The back up blog also looks suspicious and I would like to know if it can be verified if it is really Richard Tomlinson who has control of its input.
Thank you.
The blogs are genuine. You ask a lot of questions, but this is not an enquiry service. Many people would like to know many things. If the information on Wikipedia is not enough for you, feel free to do further research. Your comment above is unsigned - if it was you that deleted the links, kindly desist from deleting content simply because you have personal doubts about it.86.145.0.194 08:25, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If you can't handle comments on your idiotic gibberings, go back and hide in the little boys' room. And sign your contributions. You use four of these - ~. 116.28.1.191 (talk) 04:33, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Richard Tomlinson's Blogger.com Blog 

message: In September 2008, MI6 acknowledged that they had no grounds to dismiss Tomlinson, and that his dismissal from the service was due to their poor management practices at the time. MI6 dropped all legal objection to the publication of "The Big Breach", released the proceeds from the publication to Tomlinson, and admitted that their previous legal actions against him were unfounded. However, they still refused to reinstate Tomlinson in MI6, or compensate Tomlinson for the loss of his career, or even help him find alternative employment, though Tomlinson can now travel freely to the UK.
Do you have a source for this?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.130.12.67 (talk) 02:33, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent Events 

message: The Increment has been redirected to this article due to a lack of independent sources past Tomlinson's books, the version here may have material that could be incorporated into this article. Tim Vickers (talk) 21:46, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: The Increment

message: "However he instead applied for and won a Kennedy Scholarship to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S., where he obtained an S.M. in Technology policy."
If he was a Kennedy Scholar at M.I.T in 1986/87ish, he would have been a contemporary of David Miliband who was also a Kennedy Scholar at M.I.T at the same time. It would be mildly ironic if it could be confirmed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chaoticwikimagic (talk • contribs) 05:39, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kennedy Scholar 

message: The autobiographies of most former spies are suspect. Tomlinson's doubly so.  He was not actually a full agent, being on probation only.  Did he actually "succeed [sic] in penetrating the Iranian Intelligence services"?  This seems unlikely of a sulky newcomer who was assessed as a liability by others203.184.41.226 (talk) 04:59, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I have now sourced this information to The Guardian. The source reads: Unlike other claims made by Tomlinson about Britain's spying activities in the early 1990s, his evidence on this operation is viewed as being genuine because of his personal involvement. His testimony contains information that only an insider would know. It also has been corroborated by third parties. Farrtj (talk) 17:24, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Credibility 

message: Was George Temple, "aide-de-camp to the head of MI6"?  The head of MI6 is not a general, so would not have ADC's?203.184.41.226 (talk) 05:03, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The term is used in MI6.Farrtj (talk) 17:21, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Titles 

message: (I am "repeating" this here for when the review is no longer transcluded)  
Congratulations, this has passed as a Wikipedia Good Article.  Nice work!  North8000 (talk) 11:05, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Congratulations, this has passed as a Wikipedia Good Article

message: The article is inconsistent - it writes in an early paragraph that he was imprisoned for five months, and in a later paragraph for four months.
In the Big Breach, Tomlinson claims to have spent six months in HMP Belmarsh. This would be consistent with his sentence of 12 months, because at that time, sentences of less than four years were automatically halved if the prisoner behaved well in prison.
Also, is it true that he spent some time in French Foreign Legion? There are some references to this elsewhere on the internet, but not well sourced. It might explain why he is a fluent French speaker and lives in France.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.203.69.5 (talk) 19:46, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  How long was he in prison? 

message: I am the subject of this article. I don't think it ethical to edit the article myself, but would like to contribute a few points here, and will leave others to edit the article if they consider it appropriate.
Firstly, I would like to point out that the source for all articles in the UK national press attempting to justify my dismissal was SIS itself. As I argued at the time, if they could brief their contacts in the media about me, then there was no reason why they could not also present the same arguments to an employment tribunal, where I would have a chance to defend myself. As evidence of how unreasonable and amateur SIS personnel management was at the time, I have uploaded here a copy of their 1995 letter of dismissal.
Somebody asked how long I was in prison - the correct answer was that I was sentenced to 12 months in prison but was released on licence after six months. Somebody asked if I was in the Foreign Legion - I was not. Feel free to ask any other questions.RJCTOMLINSON (talk) 15:07, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I have questions about your book, The Big Breach. First, what were you really doing in Africa "before" joining SIS? Second, why did you "flee" to France and expect to not be within their reach? France, of all places.--Zubedar (talk) 01:24, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  From Richard Tomlinson