I considered posting this in a number of extant threads, but it seems to me that it is a separate issue which hits on a number of current topics. MoDs feel free to adjust as required please.
'Shameful' not to publish Russia report - Clinton
As I understand it, a US Businessman , Bill Browder, has given a 14 page document of evidence to the multi-party Joint Intelligence Committee alleging a Russian influence campaign on British democratic systems.
According to Browder, both Labour and Conservative politicians have received cash inducements from Russian sources known to be close to Putin personally.
With what aim ?
To block,thwart and reduce the impact of both Magnitsky's death and (of more recent interest to Arrse) the nerve warfare attack in Salisbury. In Russia's interest, not ours.
Source : from Gordon Corera, BBC Security Correspondent
Downing Street declares the publication of the JIC Report ( not to be published until after the upcoming General Election) is 'Normal'
Normal for a one party autocracy perhaps.
An older CNN report here gives some additional collateral.
I honestly beg the pardon of the great and good , with finer brains who obviously grasp 'the big picture' better than me.
What the hell is going on with this ?
'Shameful' not to publish Russia report - Clinton
As I understand it, a US Businessman , Bill Browder, has given a 14 page document of evidence to the multi-party Joint Intelligence Committee alleging a Russian influence campaign on British democratic systems.
According to Browder, both Labour and Conservative politicians have received cash inducements from Russian sources known to be close to Putin personally.
With what aim ?
To block,thwart and reduce the impact of both Magnitsky's death and (of more recent interest to Arrse) the nerve warfare attack in Salisbury. In Russia's interest, not ours.
Source : from Gordon Corera, BBC Security Correspondent
We know the report looks at a wide range of Russian activity - ranging from traditional espionage to subversion - and not just in the UK.
But the greatest interest has been in what it might say on political interference in the UK. The Mueller inquiry in the US laid out a broad pattern of interference in the US 2016 presidential election, particularly using social media and leaking of documents.
So far, no evidence of a cyber campaign on the same scale has been produced in the UK. While it is possible there is evidence of attempts in the report, government ministers have already said there is no evidence of "successful" interference in elections, including the Brexit referendum (although defining what "successful" means is hard and may be disputable).
However, last week former deputy national security adviser Paddy McGuinness told the BBC not enough had been done to deal with vulnerabilities that the Russians and others could exploit. Mr McGuinness, who sat on the Oxford Technology and Elections Commission, said reforms were needed, including more transparency from political parties on how they collect and use data.
Downing Street declares the publication of the JIC Report ( not to be published until after the upcoming General Election) is 'Normal'
Normal for a one party autocracy perhaps.
An older CNN report here gives some additional collateral.
I honestly beg the pardon of the great and good , with finer brains who obviously grasp 'the big picture' better than me.
What the hell is going on with this ?
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