Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to allow some Huawei equipment to be used in the building of the country’s 5G networks is splitting Western Intelligence services. In one camp are Britain’s MI5, the equivalent of the FBI, and the General Communication Headquarters (GCHQ) and Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE), equivalents to the NSA. They believe...
Category: Americas
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Canada’s NSA Attacks Consortium News for Accurate Reporting
Last month, Global News, a Canadian TV network, reported that a leaked 2017 intelligence document stated that the U.S.-based news site, Consortium News, was “part of a cyber-influence campaign directed by Russia.” The document came from the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), Canada’s version of the NSA. In fact, the Consortium News article, written by independent...
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Top Bolivian Plotters Trained by U.S. Military’s School of the Americas
Some relevant history and data points (ie,. nuance) on Bolivia from The Grayzone The late Philip Agee, a one-time CIA case officer who became the agency’s first whistleblower, explained in his 1975 tell-all book how US intelligence traditionally relied on the recruitment of foreign military and police officers, including embassy attachés, as critical assets in regime change...
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Protestors Massacred in Post-Coup Bolivia
As Evo Morales explains why the United States opposed his government, CounterPunch.org has the latest news from Bolivia. On Friday 15 November, eight cocaleros (coca growers) were On Friday 15 November, eight cocaleros (coca growers) were massacred by state security forces as they protested against the new government in Sacaba, Cochabamba. Footage has emerged of bullets being fired...