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