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Discusses the implications of Sir Richard Scott's report on the arms deal with Iraq on Great Britain's policy on selling defense equipment. Revelation of ministers' incompetence, maladministration and dissembling; Censures faced by William Waldegrave and Nicholas Lyell; Dissection of the British foreign policy in the Middle East. INSETS: How Whitehall turned a blind eye to arms sales via Jordan.;How Britain bankrolled Iraq..

Reports on Great Britain's spending on intelligence services of an amount equal to that spent during the Cold War period. Investment of the British in their intelligence cooperation with Americans; Primary targets of M1; Task of M16 and GCHQ in dealing with foreign intelligence.

Reports on the British Commons Trade and Industry Select Committee's ongoing inquiry into arms shipments to Iran by the British Manufacture and Research Company (BMARC). Inquiry's focus on `Project Lisi,' the supply of 140 naval cannons to Charter Industries of Singapore; Details of Richard Scott's past investigations on BMARC.

Focuses on the criticisms of Lord Howe on the Scott inquiry into the export of British defense equipment to Iraq. Flaws in the procedures adopted by the inquiry; Scott inquiry as a paper inquiry; Howe's attacks on the manner of conducting the hearings.

Examines the bureaucratic scheming which has delayed the report of the inquiry by Lord Justice Scott into Great Britain's policy of selling arms to Iraq. Organization of the report; Issuance of public interest immunity certificates to suppress information; Condemnation of Attorney General Sir Nicholas Lyell; Failures of witnesses to reply promptly; Psychological warfare against the inquiry. INSET: The guilty men, by Michael Meacher..

Focuses on the plan of the British government to develop a scheme to allow it to read encrypted messages carried on telecommunications network. Discovery of the key escrow program at Royal Holloway College; Nature of a key escrow; Lessons from the attempt of the American government to develop the Clipper chip.

Focuses on the increase in cloning of mobile telephones in Great Britain. Effect on the telephone tapping activities of the government; Mobile telecommunications systems in Great Britain; Difference between the procedures for tapping fixed and mobile telephones.

Focuses on the overhaul of British foreign policy in the field of intelligence. Secret pacts between Britain and the United States; Maintenance of the UKUSA Treaty; Close relationship of MI6 with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Economic intelligence operation of the CIA; British operations against foreign multinationals.

Discusses the implications of an inquiry concerning a leaked report about British policy on Iraq for Prime Minister John Major. Senior figures involved; Scott commission's criticisms of William Waldegrave in a draft section of his report leaked to the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC); Guidelines governing sales of military equipment to Iraq drafted in 1984; Major's denial of any policy change towards Iraq.

Investigates the special relationship between former President George Bush and the British government. Evidences on British support for George Bush in the 1992 United States presidential election; Involvement of the M16, Britain's foreign intelligence service, in a `back channel' operation; Revelation of the `back channel' operation through Oliver North's publicized confessions; History of the British-US alliance.

Reports on the plans of the British Military Intelligence Security Service (MI5) following the death of officers John Deverell, Chris Biles, and Brian Fitzsimons in a helicopter crash. Intelligence work on the Irish Republican Army (IRA); Effect of the ceasefire with the IRA; Other areas of concern.

Discusses how digital exchanges make phone tapping easier for the British security services. Direct relay of intercepted communications to agencies; Tapping into digital private branch exchanges; Interception of international communications by the GCHQ through radio and cable channels.

Discusses former foreign secretary Geoffrey Howe's outburst at the start of his evidence before the Scott inquiry. Tory theory of softening the inquiry team before Prime Minister John Major's appearance; Primary concern of defending the integrity and reputation of the Foreign Office; Inquiry's focus on issues surrounding the guidelines.

Reports on the public hearings on Great Britain's Inquiry into Exports of Defence Equipment and Dual Use Goods to Iraq. Competing interpretation of events; Drawing out witnesses; Iraq's secondary means of procurement apart from direct purchase; Saudi Arabia's involvement in diverting armaments to Iraq; Measures taken to prevent third-country diversion.

Discusses provisions contained in the Prevention of Terrorism Act which revised the original act in Great Britain. Includes arrest; search and detention; Exclusion orders.

Reports on the debate over the annual renewal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) in the British Parliament. Short and long term implications of the Labour Party's decision to abstain from the vote; Power under the main headings of the PTA; Labour's support for the annual renewal until 1982.

Reports on the controversy surrounding the al-Yamamah arms deal between Great Britain and Saudi Arabia. Components of the deal; Financial problems of Saudi Arabia on arms purchase; Political corruption in Great Britain due to deal.

Comments on British Home Secretary Michael Howard's decision to measure police performance by the number of drug arrests they make. Targetting of drug dealers; Reduction of local councils' influence over police authorities.

Reports on security agency MI5's move into criminal investigations. Key factors that helped MI5's campaign to handle criminal investigations; John Major's announcement at the Conservative Party's conference which signalled MI5 director Stella Rimington's success in lobbying for the agency's handling of criminal investigations; Possible problems facing MI5 as it assumes responsibility for investigations of organized crime.

Discusses the reasons behind British Prime Minister John Major's decision to hold an early leadership election for the Conservative Party of Great Britain. Publication of Lord Justice Scott's inquiry into arms sales to Iraq as a possible reason for Major's decision; Contents of the draft inquiry; Conservative Party's encouragement of Major to hold early elections.

Reports on the leakage of a draft of Lord Justice Scott's report on Great Britain's arms sales to Iraq. Scott's condemnation of the group of three junior ministers concerned with the Middle East arms sales policy in 1988; Media attention devoted to the identity and intentions of the leaker; Whitehall campaign against Scott; Scott's struggle with Whitehall and Westminster to defend the integrity of his final report.

Focuses on British security agency MI5's involvement in criminal cases involving operatives of the Irish Republican Army (IRA). Threat to defendants' right to a fair trial; Competition between the police and MI5; Conviction of IRA members Rob Fryers and Hugh Jack.

Reports on the first draft of Lord Justice Scott's report on Great Britain's arms trafficking expected by end of 1994. Investigation of the sale of defense equipment to Iraq; Three principal and different strands to the inquiry's work; Ordtech case as the last of the successful prosecutions.

Outlines issues expected for consideration by Great Britain's Scott inquiry headed by Lord Justice Scott, following the ending of its public hearings. Public Interest Immunity system; Drafting and operation of guidelines on export of defense equipment to Iran and Iraq; Diversion of military equipment to Iran.

Reports on Scotland's inquiry into the armament sales to Iraq. Grilling of Margaret Thatcher and Alan Clark; Two most interesting and revealing phases of Thatcher's cross-examination; Security and intelligence services; Thatcher's opinion on the treatment of intelligence dissemination; Knowledge on the diversion to Iraq of defense equipment supplied by Great Britain to Jordan.

Opinion. Comments on the British government's inquiry over graft in the arms sales to Iraq. Conviction of Gordon Foxley, ammunition purchasing head for Ministry of Defense (MoD); Involvement of British Aerospace PLC (BAe); Issue of BAe sales executive David Hastie to Iraq; Damage to Astra group; Source of allegations on `The Savoy Mafia' group.

Discusses the evidence given by Presiley Baxendale, Alwyn Gore-Booth, and John Robertson Young to the inquiry by Lord Justice Scott concerning the sale of defense equipment to Iraq. Day-to-day control of the Middle East policy; Guidelines governing defense sales to Iraq in the late 1980s; Consignment of the chemical hydrogen fluoride to Egypt; Permission for Safa al-Habobi to enter Great Britain.

Analyzes the findings of the Scott Inquiry. Investigation of Great Britain's guidelines for arms and defense equipment sales to the Middle East; Failure of Peter Vereker, Foreign and Commonwealth Office arms control and disarmament department head, to inform parliament; Questioning of Sir David Miers.

Comments on the British security service's publication of the brochure `M15: The Security Service'. Tapping of royals' phone calls; Government department's denial of links with the security service's computer systems; Results of reorganization; International terrorism; Use of public funds; Operations against trade unions.