One typically associates covert online campaigns to influence American politics with geopolitical rivals of the U.S., like Russia and China. But it turns out that some of the recent meddling is coming from a staunch U.S. ally: Israel. According to shocking reports in The New York Times and Haaretz this week, citing current and former […]
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Utah man declined $100K offer to travel to Congo on ‘security job’ that was covert coup attempt
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The friend of a prominent Congolese opposition leader’s son said he turned down a six-figure offer to travel there from the U.S. as part of the family’s security detail in what turned out to be a failed coup attempt. Marcel Malanga, the 21-year-old son of eccentric coup leader Christian Malanga, […]
Exclusive-Trump launched CIA covert influence operation against China
WASHINGTON – Two years into office, President Donald Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a clandestine campaign on Chinese social media aimed at turning public opinion in China against its government, according to former U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the highly classified operation. Three former officials told Reuters that the CIA created […]
Ukraine’s Security Service seizes hard drives containing covert recordings of Bihus.Info team
Representatives of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have searched the out-of-town complex where members of the Bihus.Info team were secretly filmed and seized hard drives containing CCTV footage. Source: Bihus.Info journalists Quote: “When the journalists arrived at the scene, the investigative actions relating to the video media had already been completed, and the hard […]