Thread by @artisbrutal2021

2019 : "Before Trump, Cambridge Analytica quietly built “psyops” for militaries"
fastcompany.com/90235437/befor…

"its parent company SCL Group developed a set of techniques to battle extremism and disinformation for a range of defense agencies, including the British Foreign Office, the Norwegian Government Defense Research Agency, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,

the British Army’s 15 Psychological Operations Group, and multiple U.S. agencies.

Among SCL’s American clients was Sandia National Laboratories 👀

https://twitter.com/artisbrutal2021/status/1473194657983123463

"..documents show Sandia collaborations with SCL on counterextremism projects between 2007 and 2012, including “an in-depth behavior change study in relation to violent extremism in South and Southeast Asia.”

Emma Briant, a scholar of propaganda at Bard College who has spent

years studying SCL, says the company’s mix of work demonstrates how military-funded psychological research can be exploited to wage domestic political warfare, establishing a dangerous template for political campaigning.

With the backing of billionaire donor Robert Mercer and the guidance of future Trump adviser Steve Bannon, the company would go on to work for Bolton’s super PAC and dozens of right-wing candidates before joining the campaigns for Ted Cruz and Trump

https://twitter.com/MoistureVapor8r/status/1569092284960116737

SCL’s officers and advisers have included modern psychological operations commanders, top defense officials, and members of the inner circle of Margaret Thatcher’s administration.
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2018/04/14/who…

"In December 2016, SCL signed a half-million dollar counter-terrorism contract with the US State Dept. That month in London, the CEO of Cambridge had an off-the-record, undisclosed meeting with then-Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson

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"The sitdown was followed by SCL’s appearance at a closed-door Foreign Office event on data analytics in early 2017.
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questi…

https://twitter.com/ciabaudo/status/636846348785086464

"By that year’s end, SCL Insight, the conglomerate’s only surviving subsidiary, began work on a contract for unspecified data analysis on behalf of the U.K. Ministry of Defence. Alongside defense contracts, other government-funded projects managed by SCL aimed to enhance

stability and disseminate propaganda.

In recent years, one subsidiary was hired by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to build a “psychological road map” of its citizenry in an era of declining oil prices and to test reform plans by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,

like legalizing cinemas and allowing women to drive

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https://twitter.com/artisbrutal2021/status/1466027775941394432

"One consultant who viewed SCL’s report described it to New York Times as “Machiavellian,” calling it a manual for the prince to manage widespread discontent. An SCL executive would only say the work helped to advance human rights." 😏

"That October, a newer SCL company microtargeted diplomats during the UN General Assembly in NY, using #BoycottQatar messages on social media. Months later, the subsidiary, SCL Social, retroactively registered as a foreign lobbyist on behalf of the UAE

https://twitter.com/artisbrutal2021/status/1492838296770261000

"The British government gave SCL “List X” status until 2013, granting it access to classified documents, and for a time the company’s techniques were considered to be under export control. In a 2016 memo, U.S. State Dept. officials argued that SCL deserved to win a contract,

worth roughly half a million dollars, because its methods were considered unparalleled.

theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/m…

"SCL’s behavioral influence and microtargeting techniques are increasingly commonplace in digital electioneering, but some of the firm’s tactics boasted a common source, an in-house research group called the Behavioral Dynamics Institute.

https://twitter.com/artisbrutal2021/status/1555184170606989313

Launched by SCL’s founder, Nigel Oakes, in the early 1990s

https://twitter.com/Paul_Kearns01/status/1521496113680891905

"Oakes, a former DJ and ad exec, launched SCL in London in the early ’90s as Strategic Communications Laboratories"

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https://twitter.com/artisbrutal2021/status/1532833204788396032

in 1987, Nigel Oates joined one of the leading advertising agencies in Britain, Saatchi & Saatchi

https://twitter.com/artisbrutal2021/status/1534818156295897089

Let's stay a while with S&S

https://twitter.com/artisbrutal2021/status/1554400625118568450

2014 "Art Lovers Celebrate Ukrainian Culture in London - At the Saatchi Gallery , London

Alex Ferns, Actor are some of the art lovers at the party. Photo: Rachel Oates, 2014.

> FIRTASH FOUNDATION

https://twitter.com/artisbrutal2021/status/1497896358728065031

artcentron.com/2014/07/13/art…

The opening of In Our Paradise…, an exhibition of photographs by Ukrainian artists at the Saatchi Gallery opened with a lot of fanfare.. The exhibition is the result of a three-year partnership between The Saatchi Gallery and Firtash Foundation.

FIRTASH FOUNDATION
Charity number: 1124290
…of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search…
Lada Firtash , Chair
(daughter of Dmytro Firtash)
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2…

FIRTASH FOUNDATION
Company number 06505892

9 officers / 8 resignations
…te.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/065058…

Directors appointed in Feb. 2008 :
Gabriel WALSH
Jack WAKEFIELD
Anthony FISHER

Gabriel Alexander Michael WALSH aka Alexander Walsh incorporated Firtash Foundation according to company documents

Address : 63 Hillgate Place , London W8 7SS

Also connected to that address is

Luke Cospatrick DOUGLAS HOME
…te.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/CCUf2…

He was director of
FF&P 2003 INVESTOR 1 LLP (OC304456)
2003-2013

1 officer is
DOVER STREET PARTNERSHIP SERVICES LIMITED
Address: 15 Suffolk Street, London, SW1Y 4HG

I reckon that needs it own thread👆.. so moving on..

" There was only ever going to be one buyer of the former tube station at Brompton Road and that was Dmytro Firtash"
nfind.uk/bristol_news/?…

"Given that the security services had previously felt the eventual buyer Dmytro Firtash was a UK national security risk and a Cabinet appointment was blocked on the back of this fact and
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

that Firtash appeared in a Wikileaks cable discussion with the U.S. Ambassador in Kiev, Bill Taylor, admitting he worked with Eurasian mob boss Semion Mogilevich, one of the planet's most wanted men..

https://twitter.com/RealBristolNews/status/1566430440805867520

The FBI indictment of Dmytro Firtash was issued on 21st June 2013..In the UK it would be reasonable to assume there was a reaction to this indictment. Three Dmytro Foundation (DF Foundation) resign that day, including Dominic Cummings brother-in-law Jack Wakefield, Anthony Fisher

and Walsh

In the case of Wakefield, he had been a founder member of the 'charity' in 2008 along with Anthony Fisher. His sister-in-law is Mary Wakefield, commissioning editor of The Spectator and she was Boris Johnson's deputy when he was editor of The Spectator

https://twitter.com/artisbrutal2021/status/1533606578473078784

https://twitter.com/artisbrutal2021/status/1467968359727783942

" Given the dates (exactly the same) it would be a remarkable coincidence if the DF Foundation director resignations were unconnected with the decision of FBI Illnois to indict Firtash for extortion and bribery..

Days of Ukraine was a 2 day festival in 2013 celebrating Ukrainian culture paid for by the DF Group (Dmytro Firtash) sponsored by the Mayor of London and the President of Ukraine
day.kyiv.ua/en/article/day…

> Chairperson of the British Ukrainian Society Lord Risby

"Lord Risby is also current director of THE SMALL BUSINESS BUREAU LIMITED established in 1988. Previous directors include Jeremy Hunt. Unable to establish nature of business "
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S…

https://twitter.com/artisbrutal2021/status/1479810227621007361

"Lord Risby is employed by Scythian (Firtash company) and from the end of 2014 by Zander Group"

incorporated in 2002 as
PHOENIX BIOSCIENCE COMPANY LIMITED
…te.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/045556…

Person with "Significant Control": Lord Asquith