I remember many years ago when I was in the Special Branch, approaching a photographer from the Daily Telegraph. He was photographing, a Bomb Disposal unit, dealing with a device in Manchester that had been left by the IRA. It was a time when members of the security service were targeted personally by the IRA, both in the UK and Northern Ireland. He had a great Nikon F2AS setup with a 400mm lens - I said to him, "great camera mate - you realise that if those pictures get into the wrong hands, one of those chaps could get his head blown off?" His reply was "yes, your right." He stripped the film out of his camera and we spent the next 20 minutes, while the device was defused, chatting about Nikon gear. Later the Disposal lads gave him exclusive pictures of the device.
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