(Thread) Bellingcat presents itself as a neutral intelligence service of and for the people.
But my new @MintPressNews investigation blows the lid off their connections to Western governments and the national security state.
mintpressnews.com/bellingcat-int…
But my new @MintPressNews investigation blows the lid off their connections to Western governments and the national security state.
mintpressnews.com/bellingcat-int…
Its Senior investigator was a UK army officer in Afghanistan. Another BC contributor spent 10 years in a senior position in GCHQ (the UK's NSA). 
Plenty of US spooks as well, with BC writers coming from the US Secret Service and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
Other BC writers started off in the Australian, Dutch and Finnish militaries/ministries of defense.
Other BC writers started off in the Australian, Dutch and Finnish militaries/ministries of defense.
BC also is directly funded by the NED- an organization explicitly started as a CIA front, while its founder, Eliot Higgins, spent 3 years at the NATO think tank, the Atlantic Council.
BC has worked hand-in-hand with Western governments, but their shoddy work has left them "somewhat discredited, both by spreading disinformation itself, and by being willing to produce reports for anyone willing to pay" according to a leaked UK government document.
“I don’t want to be too dramatic, but we love [Bellingcat]" said one senior CIA chief.
Unsurprising, seeing as one of BC's top writers was begging the CIA for a job. (h/t/ @gumby4christ)
Unsurprising, seeing as one of BC's top writers was begging the CIA for a job. (h/t/ @gumby4christ)
The grand irony is that, while BC warns readers of (foreign) government interference in our media and society, it itself is a massive govt op. It's funded by DC and is packed with spooks all pretending to be on our side.
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