Talk:Richard Tomlinson

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[edit] Book

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)

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)

Why was the blog closed?

Tomlinson said in his entry of July 29, 2006, that "If Special Branch return to me all my possessions and give me some undertaking that they won't raid me again without good reason, then I will take down this list and blog."

Typepad confirms that they shut the blog down; they claim unspecified Terms of Service violations. It could have been done by order of Special Branch, upon reaching agreement with Tomlinson, or it could have been done unilaterally. Typepad says it is "not at liberty to discuss the matter".

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)

[edit] Richard Tomlinson's Blogger.com Blog

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)