invisible woman
VISIBLE MOMENTS
9 October 2026
For the past three weeks, I have been testing the boundaries of institutional tolerance: asking public questions, examining documents and tracing how a private relationship became an international security story.
The headlines gave readers a memorable character. I am more interested in the evidence.
This week also brought a change of address. LinkedIn suspended Invisible Woman following allegations of spamming and “artificial engagement”; Alien Mind disappeared too. I do not attribute those platform decisions to government institutions.
Invisible Woman now lives on my own website. The questions have moved with it.
This week on the blog
1. The Woman Has Stepped Aside. The Lawyer Has Taken Over.
A revised and updated republication explaining the four civil proceedings arising from this story: two Judicial Reviews, an Equality Act claim against the Secretary of State for Defence, and Data Protection Act proceedings against Hertfordshire Constabulary.
This week, I also renewed my request for investigation of alleged criminal misconduct involving senior British and Spanish military officers. These are allegations requiring investigation, not findings of guilt.
An immediate question concerns independence: how should Hertfordshire investigate the relevant information and decision chain while its own handling of related events and records is being challenged?
Read the article →
2. The Crime (She Committed) Nobody Can Name
Police complaints correspondence described my conduct at Northwood in criminal terms. I continue to ask what, precisely, supports that description.
Which offence? Under which legal power? In which territory? On what evidence?
Those details matter. A criminal characterisation should be capable of examination, especially when it appears in an official account used to explain police conduct.
This article examines the questions raised again by the latest oversight correspondence.
Read the article →
3. Another 28 Days to Get the Story Straight
In March, government lawyers questioned whether my pre-action correspondence identified a distinct Equality Act claim. Six months later, the Ministry of Defence invokes complexity while seeking another extension to file its Defence, until 3 November.
On 6 October, I filed my Second Witness Statement opposing that application.
The request raises a question beyond the timetable: if reconstructing the decision-making process is so difficult now, what information supported the original treatment of me?
The article examines that sequence and the exchange behind another request for time.
Read the article →
4. Interlude. I Left Myself.
Behind the correspondence and proceedings is a human story.
“I Left Myself” is the opening interlude from my forthcoming book, Invisible Woman. It returns to the events of September 2025 and the experience of being left in Ministry of Defence accommodation after a personal crisis.
It describes what the administrative record cannot convey by itself: the room, the silence, and the experience of being visible enough for consequences but not for care.
Read the interlude →
Still unanswered
Across this week’s articles, the questions remain closely connected.
What information about me was treated as reliable?
Who authorised action upon it?
How did it reach civilian policing?
Who was responsible for checking and correcting it?
The proceedings and complaints address different parts of that chain. My task is to keep their connections visible while distinguishing documents, institutional statements, contested allegations and hypotheses.
Next week
I plan to publish another book chapter about my Northwood visit on 12 December 2024: what happened before the later security narrative.
I will also examine selected NATO correspondence, subject to review of sensitive material, and return on 14 October to the first month since the international headlines.
For now, I am holding back detailed Spanish institutional material while a journalist examines that line independently.
There is more to come. Every Friday, Visible Moments will bring together what emerged during the week, what I published, and what still requires an answer.
☕ I want coffee.
If you enjoy the Invisible Woman blog and would like to support my writing, you can buy me a coffee here.
I solemnly promise that the money will be spent exactly as advertised: on actual coffee — and possibly a bun. 🥐
Today's song - JE COMPTE LES JOURS
The headlines gave readers a memorable character. I am more interested in the evidence.
This week also brought a change of address. LinkedIn suspended Invisible Woman following allegations of spamming and “artificial engagement”; Alien Mind disappeared too. I do not attribute those platform decisions to government institutions.
Invisible Woman now lives on my own website. The questions have moved with it.
This week on the blog
1. The Woman Has Stepped Aside. The Lawyer Has Taken Over.
A revised and updated republication explaining the four civil proceedings arising from this story: two Judicial Reviews, an Equality Act claim against the Secretary of State for Defence, and Data Protection Act proceedings against Hertfordshire Constabulary.
This week, I also renewed my request for investigation of alleged criminal misconduct involving senior British and Spanish military officers. These are allegations requiring investigation, not findings of guilt.
An immediate question concerns independence: how should Hertfordshire investigate the relevant information and decision chain while its own handling of related events and records is being challenged?
Read the article →
2. The Crime (She Committed) Nobody Can Name
Police complaints correspondence described my conduct at Northwood in criminal terms. I continue to ask what, precisely, supports that description.
Which offence? Under which legal power? In which territory? On what evidence?
Those details matter. A criminal characterisation should be capable of examination, especially when it appears in an official account used to explain police conduct.
This article examines the questions raised again by the latest oversight correspondence.
Read the article →
3. Another 28 Days to Get the Story Straight
In March, government lawyers questioned whether my pre-action correspondence identified a distinct Equality Act claim. Six months later, the Ministry of Defence invokes complexity while seeking another extension to file its Defence, until 3 November.
On 6 October, I filed my Second Witness Statement opposing that application.
The request raises a question beyond the timetable: if reconstructing the decision-making process is so difficult now, what information supported the original treatment of me?
The article examines that sequence and the exchange behind another request for time.
Read the article →
4. Interlude. I Left Myself.
Behind the correspondence and proceedings is a human story.
“I Left Myself” is the opening interlude from my forthcoming book, Invisible Woman. It returns to the events of September 2025 and the experience of being left in Ministry of Defence accommodation after a personal crisis.
It describes what the administrative record cannot convey by itself: the room, the silence, and the experience of being visible enough for consequences but not for care.
Read the interlude →
Still unanswered
Across this week’s articles, the questions remain closely connected.
What information about me was treated as reliable?
Who authorised action upon it?
How did it reach civilian policing?
Who was responsible for checking and correcting it?
The proceedings and complaints address different parts of that chain. My task is to keep their connections visible while distinguishing documents, institutional statements, contested allegations and hypotheses.
Next week
I plan to publish another book chapter about my Northwood visit on 12 December 2024: what happened before the later security narrative.
I will also examine selected NATO correspondence, subject to review of sensitive material, and return on 14 October to the first month since the international headlines.
For now, I am holding back detailed Spanish institutional material while a journalist examines that line independently.
There is more to come. Every Friday, Visible Moments will bring together what emerged during the week, what I published, and what still requires an answer.
☕ I want coffee.
If you enjoy the Invisible Woman blog and would like to support my writing, you can buy me a coffee here.
I solemnly promise that the money will be spent exactly as advertised: on actual coffee — and possibly a bun. 🥐
Today's song - JE COMPTE LES JOURS
