On Miles Copeland (or "the congenital liar")

From Rob:  "Bit of trivia for you, since I saw a mention of Miles Copeland in your post, "Following Orders: the Arabists." Did you know that Miles Copeland is the father of the drummer for the rock band The Police? I've long been curious as to what Stewart Copeland's views of his father's activities are, and in a pre-interview blurb with Rolling Stone, he is described as "being interested in Middle Eastern politics," but alas, the subject in general doesn't arise, much less the nefarious activities of the father specifically, in the interview itself. "