The hacking collective known as “Anonymous” published a trove of documents on November 5 which it claims exposes a UK-based psyop to create a “large-scale information secret service” in Europe in order to combat “Russian propaganda” – which has been blamed for everything from Brexit to US President Trump winning the 2016 US election.
The primary objective of the “Integrity Initiative” – established in 2015 by the Institute for Statecraft – is “to provide a coordinated Western response to Russian disinformation and other elements of hybrid warfare.”
And while the notion of Russian disinformation has become the West’s favorite new bogeyman to excuse things such as Hillary Clinton’s historic loss to Donald Trump, we note that “Anonymous” was called out by WikiLeaks in October 2016 as an FBI cutout, while the report on the Integrity Initiative that Anonymous exposed comes from Russian state-owned network RT – so it’s anyone’s guess whose 400lb hackers are at work here.
“Anonymous” has been controlled by FBI agent “Sabu” and other agencies, including the CIA. Likely an attempt to manipulate.
Operating on a budget of £1.9 million (US$2.4 million), the secretive Integrity Initiative consists of “clusters” of local politicians, journalists, military personnel, scientists and academics. The team is dedicated to searching for and publishing “evidence” of Russian interference in European affairs, while themselves influencing leadership behind the scenes, the documents claim.
The UK establishment appears to be conducting the very activities of which it and its allies have long-accused the Kremlin, with little or no corroborating evidence. The program also aims to “change attitudes in Russia itself” as well as influencing Russian speakers in the EU and North America, one of the leaked documents states. –RT
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