| ID | 138811 |
| Title Proper | Star wars murders |
| Other Title Information | revisiting a cold case from the cold war |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Leighton , Marian K |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | During the 1980s more than two dozen computer scientists, engineers, software designers, and highly-skilled technicians representing the cream of Great Britain's crop of missile defense experts died in mysterious and often gruesome ways. Coincidence might account for the timing and circumstances of these deaths, except for one caveat: Virtually all of the victims participated in the European counterpart to U.S. President Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). Henry Champ, NBC News correspondent in London, put it this way: “In the world of espionage, there is a saying: Once is an accident, twice is coincidence, but three times is enemy action.”1 This maxim attests beyond a reasonable doubt that the “Star Wars” murders were not merely a chain of isolated episodes. But these serial deaths have garnered almost no public attention throughout the years. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Journal of Intelligence and Counter Intelligence Vol. 28, No.2; Summer 2015: p. 290-318 |
| Journal Source | International Journal of Intelligence and Counter Intelligence Vol: 28 No 2 |
| Key Words | Strategic Defense Initiative ; Star Wars ; United States ; Russia ; United Kingdom ; Ronald Reagan ; Cold War ; Cold Case |