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Thank you for your blog, on which you asked the following question -
Q-I wonder what other events you might like to hear dramatised? Or whether you think that plays should be the stuff of fiction? I look forward to reading your comments.

purrhaps....Honey-traps and Political leaders and bee-keepers, (or lack of them) -------ie who minds the hives?

Dear Ms Packe

As far as I am aware, Prime Ministers have being exempted from the same thorough ongoing secure checks and monitoring that have been considered necessary for some time for many other senior figures in public life,

but perhaps one idea for a drama documentary might be what would happen if say a politician was deliberately compromised while for example on an overseas trip, or perhaps one of our leaders was leading a 'double life' The drama could look at the the security implications for a country that doesn't keep a watchful if discreet eye on its top political leader?

Such ensnarements could conceivably come from countries who in most other regards could be considered as 'friendly'* but who might want some extra leverage in for example trade negotiations, or even as an extreme example at the other extend of the spectrum want to secure the support of UK forces for a military operation?

(*I think Klaus Fuchs escaped the maximum punishment # for his treason on the grounds that the country he was spying for was still technically one of our allies) (#PS just to say that I strongly disagree with the death sentence)

Senior civil servants for example are routinely vetted and checked in this way, what is the logical argument to suggest that if someone is elected to office they are beyond the sort of subtle pressures that we recognise can be applied against others?

I don’t understand the reasoning here and the logic behind the so called Wilson doctrine or his refusal to vet Ministers as directly asked for by Richard Crossman and another Minister George Wigg.

In 1972 Sir Martin Furnival Jones, a former Director General of Mi5 told the Franks committee that;

“ if the Russian Intelligence Service can recruit a back-bench MP and he climbs to a ministerial position, the spy if home and dry.’

This might apply to any organisation or country even one perceived to be friendly who might wish to influence the policy of this country, for example the use of our armed forces in conflicts around the world.

I’m not sure that anything has really changed since Sir Martin Furnival Jones made these comments.

The checks that may be carried out under current guidelines might not be sufficient to fully guarantee our security. And one problem would be of course would be if the problem lay at the top of Government or for example someone had risen to that position without having being formerly a Cabinet minister.

The Independent on 17.11.06 reports that Denis Donaldson was recruited (by Mi5) "in the 1980s after compromising myself during a vulnerable time in my life"

What our side has done, is probably carried out by the security services of most countries against the leaders of other countries. To pretend otherwise and on that basis not take measures to protect our country is surely a mistake?

Who watches over the person once they have reached Number 10?

Thoroughly enjoyed "The Day Lehman Died". Highly cogent.

Does ´óÏó´«Ã½ have a fly on the wall during these two series of meetings amongst (A) the Fed, SEC and CBOT on how to curb excessive commodities speculation and (B) the recent G20 summit on how to curb skewed bank bonuses?

Would be great if ´óÏó´«Ã½ could do docu-tainments on these too! Wonder how Singapore reacted to being put on the greylist of "tax uncooperative regimes"!

Citizen journalism is an empowering force to allow the voice of the ordinary person to be heard above the scrambling masses. Sometimes we are the fly on the wall, witnessing events which are excluded from the media but happening all the same. Our voices carry a different message, one of personal involvement and a need to communicate for communication sake. We are not dictated by time schedules and media financial gain as we are anonymous, invisible but present. Those who listen to our voices hear a pure direct message without spelling and grammar checks and typed from stimulus to brain to fingers to page.

Is there any chance of getting the drama as a podcast? Would love to be able to download it and listen for posterity.

Jimmy