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Here's an interesting interview by @iblametom with Ahmad Al Khatib (ex Emerdata director) and ex-Cambridge Analytica exec Mark Turnbull, who both started the company Auspex International - including a part that cites my reporting on Al Khatib - thread /1
forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…
Ahmad Al Khatib became Emerdata director in Jan 2018 w/Johnson Chun Shun Ko (Erik Prince's biz partner), later joined by Rebekah & Jennifer Mercer, a few months before story on Cambridge Analytica harvesting FB data broke - he described the experience /2
forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…
Al Khatib wants to move on with Auspex International which he says will be an altruistic, interventionist force, without any dirty tactics /3
forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…
Mark Turnbull who appeared in a @Channel4News sting on Cambridge Analytica where he spoke about "use of former MI5 and MI6 staff to dig up dirt on clients’ hit list" described altruistic mission of Auspex Int'l of contributing to a well informed populace/4
forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…
Al Khatib was asked about my reporting on him about his prior work experience with UAE and Russian companies, and replied “None of the points the article is hinting towards are true” /5
forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…
Here's my story on Ahmad Al Khatib based on an open source listing of his work with UAE & Russian companies (he's also citizen of the Seychelles) - I note overlaps w/Erik Prince & others - and asked one question - is it coincidence or something more? /END
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Both Paul Manafort & Rick Gates gave data to Konstantin Kilimnik in the spring 2016 - some data was developed by a private polling firm working for the campaign - Manafort asked Gates to tell Kilimnik to pass the data to Oleg Deripaska, HT @painter_nancy nytimes.com/2019/01/08/us/…
Manafort and Gates passed polling data to Kilimnik to be sent to Putin ally Oleg Deripaska

Kilimnik also worked with Sam Patten who consulted for Cambridge Analytica

One of the services provided by Cambridge Analytica was polling
While the identity of the polling company is not known, here's how Cambridge Analytica described their work for the Trump campaign:

"The research team had a huge responsibility in organizing campaigns and polling voters in 17 states across the country."
ca-political.com/casestudies
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Manafort may have shared US campaign polling data w/Kilimnik

Manafort filing is not properly redacted & one section mentions:

"the Government’s allegation that Mr. Manafort lied about sharing polling data with Mr. Kilimnik related to the 2016 presidential campaign."
Kilimnik not only worked with Manafort, he also formed a company in 2015 with Sam Patten, who was a contractor for Cambridge Analytica

There's no evidence Kilimnik worked with Cambridge Analytica, but why would Kilimnik review US election polling data?...
Another redacted section of the filing notes "Manafort “conceded” that he discussed or may have discussed a Ukraine peace plan with Mr. Kilimnik on more than one occasion"
assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5677…
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No news yet, but we may soon learn more about the mystery Mueller case...
The Supreme Court ruled against the mystery company fighting subpoena in Mueller investigation that is identified as a foreign financial institution
DC Circuit's opinion affirming the contempt order in the mystery Mueller-related grand jury case against a foreign financial institution
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@anneapplebaum Brilliant work @anneapplebaum. 🙏🏽CNN and others have asked for this Cambridge Analytica timeline I put together. There may be morsels in it of incremental value to you and your already deep knowledge of the facts and connections. Reputable sources only:

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@anneapplebaum E.g. June 2013: ROBERT MURTFELD becomes a legal assistant at JULIAN ASSANGE’s law firm, Doughty Street Chambers, a position he holds until Aug 2015 when he leaves to work at Cambridge Analytica.
@anneapplebaum ▪️[June 2014:] Cambridge Analytica begins testing slogans like “drain the swamp” and “deep state.” (CNN 2) SIDE NOTE: Cambridge Analytica’s MARK TURNBULL bragged that the firm also created the “crooked Hillary” moniker. (Channel 4)
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1/ Here's a roundup thread of today's coverage on the #CambridgeAnalytica closure announcement
2/ WSJ: Cambridge Analytica Closing Operations Following Facebook Data Controversy: The data company had lost clients in recent months wsj.com/articles/cambr…
3/ Gizmodo: Cambridge Analytica Is Shutting Down [Updated] gizmodo.com/cambridge-anal…
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What happened at Cambridge Analytica was not an accident. It was deliberate and exploitative:
Facebook’s 2017 Privacy Audit did not catch Cambridge Analytica: wired.com/story/facebook…

UK Parliament wants Zuck to answer at least 39 questions under oath:

What exactly does Zuckerberg mean when he says users own our own data?
“2.2 billion people who use Facebook would love to cash a check from the company, but the sad truth is that this is nothing but a pipe dream. It suggests that this isn't Facebook's problem to solve, it's yours, and that doesn't sound like a fair deal.”

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#Emerdata Incorporated by Wheatland and Tayler in August of 2017, with 100 shares valued at 1 GBP. In September, paid up share cancellation of 98 shares, down to 2 shares by Wheatland. 23rd of January, Special Resolution, influx of $1,912,500. On 2/13, change of address
to Canary Wharf. Oops, on January 23rd, #AlexanderNix joined. I guess that's where the money came from. Same day, Wheatland and Tayler are removed as directors. Ahmad Al Khatib resident of #Seychelles , Johnson Chun Shun Ko (Frontier Services Group, chaired by #ErikPrince)
Cheng Peng (same address as Frontier in Hong Kong) are named directors same day. On March 16th, #RebekahMercer #JenniferMercer are named. Very intersting timing of events no? @JamesFourM @LincolnsBible @ericgarland @ninaandtito
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Interesting line up in St. Bart's. Trump donor/oligarch Len Blavatnik's Odessa 2, Trump/Kushner friend Ron Perelman's C2, oligarch Roman Abramovich's Eclipse, & newly arrived DeVos' Windquest. Nearby, Nunes' donor, Larry Ellison's Zenji, enroute to West Palm Beach. #trumprussia
C2's position can be seen here:
More on Ellison's Nunes funding here:
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Trump's heading to Mar-a-Lago this weekend.
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Here Nix, MD of Cambridge Analytica, states that they have four to five thousand data points for EVERY adult in the US!



Whatever GDPR does, it will not be soon enough, and the USA should implement similar legislation.
And here, from @guardian : ex Cambridge Analytica employee goes into detail:

theguardian.com/news/video/201…

Put simply: lies to brainwash the US voter.

That is how Trump got in.

And doing the same to the UK voter made Brexit win.

This is game over for @Facebook and @CamAnalytica
thisisyourdigitallife is the App that harvested data from Facebook users, under the pretext of 'academic research'.

theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/…

This is effectively a data breach of enormous proportions, that led to the manipulation of voters to get Trump elected.
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