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9 December 2017

Croughton Spies Caught 


	  		
	

	

	  From Alan Turnbull,
	    https://www.secret-bases.co.uk
	    

	    RAF Croughton near Brackley, Northamptonshire, UK, is the main US DoD
	    communications hub for theatres of war. It is suggested that drone attacks
	    have their command and control signals routed through Croughton's data lines.
	    It was also reported that Angela Merkel's NSA phone tap was routed through
	    here back to Washington DC.
	    

	    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/exclusive-raf-croughton-base-sent-secrets-from-merkel-s-phone-straight-to-the-cia-8923401.html
	    

	    A massive expansion programme is underway to construct a new mission building
	    "PL1" and a new antenna field comprising six new "golf ball" radomes.
	    

	    The new SATCOM enclosure will be created immediately south west of an existing
	    radome enclave here:-
	    

	    51.9876, -1.1769
	    

	    In the planning application during 2016, prime contractors Mott Macdonald
	    and HLM Architects prepared a Design and Access Statement (attached).
	    

	    https://www.mottmac.com/
	    

	    http://www.hlmarchitects.com/
	    

	    [Image]
	    

	    Unfortunately, it seems due diligence isn't a strong point at either company.
	    

	    Someone thought it would be a good idea to lift from my website a copyrighted
	    aerial pic supplied to me (and only me) by a specialist pilot/photographer.
	    It is used without permission or credit in section 2.3 of the Design and
	    Access Statement "Site Analysis". It is watermarked and these watermarks
	    show on the planning application PDF!
	    

	    [Image]
	    

	    Yes, that's right, a US DoD / UK MoD critical infrastructure expansion -
	    and its planning application includes an image stolen from Secret Bases!
	    

	    All parties are so far refusing to comment. I am still awaiting a response
	    from the UK MoD and RAF Croughton. I have approached them through my usual
	    official channels in Whitehall.
	    

	    HLM Architects Managing Director Karen Mosley has refused to reply to repeated
	    emails and telephone calls. Steve Birnie, chief planner at Mott Macdonald,
	    has so far not returned a voicemail left for him on his direct line.
	    

	    Presumably they cannot convincingly say they don't know who I am and "why
	    is he bothering us?", when they actively stole an image from my website!
	    

	    https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-birnie-ba313729/
	    

	    Karen Mosley was shortlisted for Woman of the Year 2017 by Building Magazine.
	    

	    http://www.hlmarchitects.com/ourpeople/board.html
	    

	    http://www.hlmarchitects.com/news-media/karen-mosley-managing-director-shortlisted-for-building-magazines-woman-of-the-year/
	    

	    https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-mosley-33039312/