(Ben Norton) Western government-funded intelligence cutouts trained Syrian opposition leaders, planted stories in media outlets from BBC to Al Jazeera, and ran a cadre of journalists. A trove of leaked documents exposes the propaganda network.
The Gray Zone
Dark Web Voter Database Report Casts New Doubts on Russian Election Hack Narrative
(Gareth Porter) A new report showing that US state-level voter databases were publicly available calls into question the narrative that Russian intelligence “targeted” US state election-related websites in 2016.
Mainstream US Reporters Silent about Being Spied on by Apparent CIA Contractor That Targeted Assange
(Max Blumenthal) Despite being spied on and having their privacy invaded by the UC Global firm that targeted Assange, reporters from major US news outlets have said nothing in protest. Meanwhile, new evidence of that firm’s CIA links has emerged.