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29 Oct, 4 tweets, 4 min read
NEW: 'Unprecedented' legal case sees cross-party MPs & peers take legal action against a sitting govt for failing to safeguard national security. Believed to be first time ever. Former National Security Advisor backing it. This is a big deal.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
Here's @lukeharding1968's write-up in @guardian. Lord Ricketts, former chair of Joint Intelligence Committee & National Security Advisor has submitted witness statement in support. It's genuinely cross-party effort. Because: national security NOT politics
theguardian.com/politics/2020/…
And here's @FT's report. This case is significant in a number of ways. Four MPs & 2 peers are actual claimants. Kudos to @CarolineLucas @LordStras @BenPBradshaw @RhonddaBryant @AlynSmith & @PatienceWheatcr for stepping up & doing this...
ft.com/content/a8b9ee…
And last but not least the lawyers & journalists & filmmakers & ad creatives & many others who make up & support @allthecitizens. Also: the Red Army Choir. For this masterful rendition of the James Bond theme tune..

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22 Oct
Wow. These emails to US voters threatening them to vote for Trump have been unmasked as Iranian influence operation...
‘The officials said Iran did not intend to deter voters, but rather to hurt Mr. Trump and mobilize support for Joseph R. Biden Jr’

nytimes.com/2020/10/21/us/…
Hoping Brexiteers who failed to back calls for an inquiry into Russian interference see this. Next time, it might be other side that benefits. Foreign interference not about politics it’s national security. And zero done has been done to protect us
cc @TomTugendhat @IoWBobSeely
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18 Oct
I am a huge fan of @FT's journalism. I subscribe to the @FT & support its journalism. And I think it really needs to examine its coverage of Cambridge Analytica & its own involvement with the firm, @khalafroula.
Last week, a journalist who had not covered the story previously wrote a blogpost below. It failed to note even basic background context of @iconews's inquiry & set off cascade of other stories that claimed @observeruk's investigation had been 'debunked'
ft.com/content/aa235c…
A follow-up piece was littered with inaccuracies. The allegations are falsely represented. Even the account of how the inquiry began is factually incorrect.

In fairness: this is a difficult, complex story that has unfolded over years.

ftalphaville.ft.com/2020/10/06/160…
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17 Oct
Last night, @AP reported 180-page legal complaint filed by non-partisan Campaign Legal Center.

It claims Cambridge Analytica facilitated illegal co-ordination between Trump & PACs. 757 pages of internal CA docs were also released

This is material @ICOnews has. SO many qs
Everything about this story is hard to follow. But here's what you need to understand: AIQ is company at the heart of Brexit. Found by Cummings. Used by 4 different campaigns. Who by law not allowed to co-ordinate. (Though we know at least 2 of them did - Vote Leave & BeLeave)
Last week, @ICOnews told DCMS committee 'AIQ has consistently denied have a closer relationship beyond that between a software developer & their client'. And that all work was 'conducted with SCL & not CA'.

These docs - which @ICOnews has - flatly contradict this Image
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17 Oct
⚠️⚠️⚠️And there it is⚠️⚠️⚠️

In black & fucking white.

A legal contract with Donald Trump

'AggregateIQ - IN PARTNERSHIP WITH - Cambridge Analytica'

2 companies

Operating together as ***1 legal entity***

'Aggregate IQ in partnership with Cambridge Analytica' Image
From Brittany's new data dump. I really didn't mean to look tonight...but my god.

For the Brits: incontrovertible evidence AIQ - firm at heart of Brexit contracted by Cummings - was operating as single legal entity with Cambridge Analytica

(Previously: denied, denied, denied) Image
For the Americans: Cambridge Analytica started working for Trump in Sept, 2015

This contract dates from 11 months before it was announced that Cambridge Analytica was working for the Trump campaign.

And overlaps with period when Cambridge Analytica was working for Ted Cruz Image
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16 Oct
Independent SAGE’s weekly briefing live now. Must-watching viewing in this crucial week
Every single chart is grim, grim, grim
NEW: Prof @chrischirp presents @independentSAGE's emergency 6-week plan.

'SAGE proposed an emergency circuit breaker 3 weeks ago. We now have 4x the number of cases. We must act now.'
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