This ad (or advert as they say in the U.K.) attempts to put a human face on British intelligence. It starts ominously, a man of color and threatening music. It trolls the James Bond vision of intelligence work (“It’s not about finding the button on your ejector seat”), in favor of kinder gentler stuff. “It’s...
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The Guardian’s Assange-Manafort Story: Bombshell or Bust?
The Guardian’s sensational story that Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort met with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is still unconfirmed by other news organizations. It is a tantalizing story but is it true? The fact that other news organizations have not been able to confirm it quickly makes the question more urgent as time passes. If...
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Ecuadoran Intelligence Monitored Manafort’s Meetings with Assange, Says The Guardian.
If true, the UK Guardian’s story about former Trump campaign manager Julian Assange is very damaging to the Wikileaks founder. Wikileaks denies it. The Guardian’s sourcing is vague in places. Sources have said Manafort went to see Assange in 2013, 2015 and in spring 2016 – during the period when he was made a key figure...
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Tale of the Khashoggi Tape
Our ongoing reality show about Jamal Khashoggi might called, Law & Order: Special Assassination Unit. In this daily drama, law enforcement officials investigate a tough to crack case of extra-judicial political homicide In the current episode we are watching as the cops gather at the crime scene, and ask, Where is the evidence? Meanwhile, on the...
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Britain’s spy agency GCHQ launches its own Instagram account
The service, which works alongside MI5 and MI6 to protect the UK from cyber attacks and terrorism and support the armed forces, marks its 100th anniversary in 2019. Source: Britain’s spy agency GCHQ launches its own Instagram account | Daily Mail Online