In telling the origins of the Dover Crossings for the first time, it’s worth stating first that it’s a long and twisted tale in the UK political scene, and it started simply in the mind of a young female.
After backpacking excursions, and long periods spent alone considering her life, Sarah Kaplan began on a mission to “break policy”, as she put it, to “skim through contemporary debates about immigration”.
Also known to think of herself to be an expert, she trawled through policy documents, including in the UK. Her eventual plan didn’t need to involve Dover, but she was encouraged to by Russian spies.
It formed as she invested her time in a hobby she invented, called “Deny The Obvious”, an inquiry into how to “Jail Break” a political system, later called “Packing” by experts in security of political systems.
Her activities were alarming, and drew the attention of Intelligence authorities, in particular American, and surveillance efforts were launched to track and follow her, to explore her intentions.
Due to reports of an impending attack by terrorists on American soil, American intelligence officials pulled away. UK authorities began to make their own preparations, to stop it as soon as it started.
