-Caveat Lector- The Campaign for Radical Truth in History http://www.hoffman-info.com Visit our Bookstore --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Masonic Infiltration of British Police Investigated The English press reported in February, 1998 that the leaders of Britain's Freemasons have been ordered to lift the cloak of secrecy surrounding their organization and name members involved in infiltrating and corrupting the police. The United Grand Lodge of England is the target of a Parliamentary probe seeking to register Freemasons who are employed as police officers. Parliament asked the Grand Lodge last summer to identify which of 161 people involved in a series of notorious police scandals - including setting up innocent people for bombings and a shoot-to-kill, vigilante police squad - were Masons. The United Grand Lodge, which says it has found only ten possible Masons on the list, refused. Martin Short, author of a study of Freemasonry, "Inside the Brotherhood," said: "The idea that a parliamentary committee should be calling the Masons to account in quite this peremptory manner is astonishing. If you go back thirty, twenty or even ten years it is inconceivable this would have happened." There are 340,000 Freemasons in England and Wales, and their influence reaches into the British Royal Family. The masonic committee that must decide how to respond to the Parliamentary order includes the elite of the aristocracy of Britain: Duke of Kent, the Grand Master; Lord Farnham, a pro-Grand Master. Also the retired Court of Appeals judge, Sir John Balcombe; and Judge John Sessions, a Judge Advocate of the Fleet. Chris Mullin, the Member of Parliament (MP) who has taken a close interest in the case since before he became an MP in 1987, said: "It is obvious that the powers of the committee are being challenged...We cannot come to a conclusion until we see who was a Mason," he said. Mullin said that 96 of the 161 names on the list presented to the United Grand Lodge were former members of the West Midlands Serious Crime Squad, which was disbanded in 1989 for corruption. About 60 - including some journalists - were involved with the investigation that led to the wrongful bombing conviction of the Irish Birmingham Six. Seven were involved in investigating Stalker, the former Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester who was suspended in 1986 while conducting an inquiry into shoot-to-kill allegations against the police in Northern Ireland. The committee had been told by police officers - including Masons - that Freemasons had operated within the squad as "firms within firms". Masonic Commander Michael Higham said that there was a good deal of anger about the slur on their integrity. "We know we have a few bad apples, the rest of ordinary Freemasons are decent chaps," he said. Mr Higham added that Masons would not necessarily know who was a fellow member, since secret signs of recognition were not used promiscuously. "People don't stand around in strange attitudes waiting to be recognized as Freemasons." He refused to demonstrate the signs, saying: "I promised I would not." If the United Grand Lodge refuses to hand over the names, the committee could report he apparent contempt to the Speaker, who could invite the House to deal with the issue as a matter of privilege in which there was prima facie evidence that the Freemasons had interfered with the business of the House. Higham, joined the Navy in 1954 and was called to the Bar in 1968. He retired from the Navy in 1977 and in that year joined Freemasons Hall in Great Queen Street, London, as principal assistant to the grand secretary. Mr Higham, 62, became grand secretary in 1980. 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