from
RT
Anonymous has published documents which it claims have unearthed
a massive UK-led psyop to create a "large-scale information secret
service" in Europe – all under the guise of countering "Russian
propaganda."
In a document
dump on November 5, the group exposed the UK-based
'Integrity Initiative', said to have been established by the ominously titled Institute for
Statecraft in 2015.
The main
objective is
"to provide a coordinated Western response to Russian disinformation and other elements of hybrid warfare."
The Institute for Statecraft is affiliated with the NATO HQ Public
Diplomacy Division and the Home Office-funded 'Prevent' program, so
objectivity is, of course, at the forefront of their work.
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.
At
present, the vast network allegedly has clusters for Spain, France,
Germany, Italy, Greece, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Norway, Serbia, and
Montenegro... but there's more!
According to the Anonymous leak,
major plans to expand the sphere of influence throughout eastern Europe,
the US, and Canada, as well as the MENA region, are allegedly underway...
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