ALL the talk about elections and alliances bring back poignant memories of the George Chambers era, when oil prices sank and Gypsy sang Captain, the ship is sinking. But for members of the Protective Services, it is not just the election that takes their minds back to those heartbreaking days. For those men in uniform, Gypsy could now change the lyrics to “Captain, yuh sinking the ship,” as a certain senior man in the Armed Forces, has seen it fit to compromise the security of the state in an attempt to further his political aims. It was whispered to Mirror Weekend that the not-so-patriotic big pappy gave the order to select a certain member of the staff for the Prime Minister’s residence with the knowledge that the person was a spy for the opposition sent on a mission to collect dirt on Prime Minister Patrick Manning. It is understood that this spy and his high-ranking Armed Forces pal had vowed to make Manning suffer the same fate that several senior members of their opposition party did, when they were raked over the coals on corruption charges. Since “de mark buss,” the “spy” has been reportedly transferred out of the PM’s residence, but the matter has set tongues wagging, as it is just the latest in a series of indiscretions committed by this man. Mirror Weekend learned that the man’s behaviour has led to yet another transfer within the Forces. A certain junior staffer was also made to learn the hard way that there is usually a high price to be paid for “brown-nosing.” Apparently, the senior had befriended the junior staffer, inviting him to lime and visited each other’s homes, but the junior man had no idea that the senior man had his eyes on his wife and the senior’s friendliness was just a ruse to get closer to the lady. Eventually, the big man became involved with the junior’s wife and sparks started to fly as a result led to the transfer of the junior man to avoid what some in the service refer to as a “Penco-Ceasar situation.”