Exclusive: my @MintPressNews investigation into the London department training many of the West's spooks and spies, and its connections to supposedly independent intelligence outfit Bellingcat. (Thread)
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No fewer than 6 Bellingcat contributors all did the same Master's course at the Department of War Studies at King's College, London (KCL).
KCL is known as the training ground for British, US and European intelligence operatives.
“I deeply appreciate the work that you do to train and to educate our future national security leaders, many of whom are in this audience,” ex-CIA boss Leon Panetta said.
“I deeply appreciate the work that you do to train and to educate our future national security leaders, many of whom are in this audience,” ex-CIA boss Leon Panetta said.
The department's staff is full of ex-spies, NATO secretary generals, intelligence chiefs and senior military officers.
Together, these guys pump out the reports that RussiaGate and the drive for war against Russia is based on.
Together, these guys pump out the reports that RussiaGate and the drive for war against Russia is based on.
The department has all manner of contracts with UK security services, and puts out pro-war and pro-militarism papers like these constantly.
Eliot Higgins was a research associate at the department in 2018. That he and so many Bellingcat writers are associated with the school for spooks adds more wight to the idea his site is a front for the national security state.
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