Over the past few years, I came to the conclusion that Great Britain was worldâs chief arsonist of peace and suggested that if, the City of London, with its supporting structures in British government, banking, intelligence, secret diplomacy, along with a vast network of think tanks, media organizations, NGOs, charitable organizations and gambling casinos around the world could somehow be quarantined, probably 95% of all the worldâs wars and other problems would vanish overnight.
Archiv: MI6 (state spy agency / UK)
Wer steckt hinter der Iran-Politik des Westens?
In den letzten Jahren bin ich zu dem Schluss gekommen, dass GroĂbritannien der weltweit gröĂte Friedensstörer ist. Wenn es gelĂ€nge, die Londoner City mit ihren StĂŒtzpfeilern in der britischen Regierung, im Bankwesen, im Geheimdienst, in der geheimen Diplomatie sowie mit einem riesigen Netzwerk aus Thinktanks, Medienorganisationen, NGOs, WohltĂ€tigkeitsorganisationen und Spielkasinos auf der ganzen Welt irgendwie unter QuarantĂ€ne zu stellen, wahrscheinlich 95 % aller Kriege und anderen Probleme der Welt ĂŒber Nacht verschwinden wĂŒrden.
Jeffrey Epstein sought access to billions in frozen Libyan assets
The documents describe preliminary discussions with international law firms to work on the case on a contingency-fee basis, meaning they would be paid only if they won.
Former officials of British intelligence service MI6 and Israel‘s Mossad expressed willingness to contribute to efforts to identify and recover the assets, according to the documents.
Epstein‘s sex empire was ‚KGB honeytrap‘: Paedophile financier had multiple talks with Putin after conviction – with Russian girls flown in to harvest ‚kompromat‘ on world-famous figures
Security sources say Robert Maxwell was a Russian asset from the 1970s, when he worked to extradite Soviet Jews to Israel, with the involvement of Israeli intelligence service Mossad.
In return, they say, Maxwell laundered Russian money into the West – with the help of Epstein.
They think the financier was introduced to Maxwell and the KGB by an oil tycoon also in the pay of Russian intelligence. Probes into Robert Maxwell‘s business dealings have uncovered links not only to the KGB and Mossad – but also MI6.
The Infiltrator and the Movement
(April 23, 2014)
Modern political policing began in Britain in the 1880s, with the establishment of the Metropolitan Policeâs Special Branch, the cocoon from which sprung the undercover policing operations decades later. The Branch originally aimed to combat Irish Fenians â armed fighters seeking independence from Britain â but soon expanded to keep tabs on foreign anarchists, suffragettes, and anticolonial Indians.
At the end of the 1800s, an undercover Branch officer infiltrated the Legitimation League â which campaigned to de-stigmatize bastard children â and orchestrated the Leagueâs collapse. This operation set the tone for what was to come: intense, deeply personal infiltration of any political group that challenged the status quo.
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From British Fascisti to the English Defence League, the UKâs security services have routinely refused to consider far-right groups subversive. Indeed, there is evidence, both here, in Europe, and across the Atlantic, of longstanding collaboration between elements of the security services and the far right.
Corbyn-led tribunal accuses UK of complicity in Gaza genocide
On June 4, Corbyn tabled a bill in the House of Commons calling for an independent inquiry into the UKâs involvement in Israeli military operations in Gaza, including the supply of weapons, surveillance aircraft and the use of Royal Air Force bases. That bill, backed by dozens of MPs and supported by more than 20 aid groups, was ultimately blocked by the ruling Labour Party.
âIf the government wonât organise a public open inquiry, if Parliament wonât effectively inquire into whatâs going on, it remains for us to do it,â said Corbyn. âThis [event] will strengthen our arguments both in Parliament and outside ⊠An awful lot of whatâs going on is completely illegal and shouldnât be hidden from.â
The Gaza Tribunal: Inquiry into British Complicity
Find out more about the inquiry into Britain‘s role in Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
Mehrere europĂ€ische LĂ€nder greifen Ende-zu-Ende-VerschlĂŒsselung an
(March 4, 2025)
In GroĂbritannien ist mit dem Investigatory Powers Act schon lĂ€nger ein solches Gesetz in Kraft. Auf Grundlage des Gesetzes forderte die Regierung Anfang Februar von Apple, weltweit HintertĂŒren in seine iCloud-VerschlĂŒsselung einzubauen.
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In Frankreich hat jĂŒngst ein Gesetz gegen den Drogenhandel den Senat passiert und soll schon im MĂ€rz in Parlament und AusschĂŒssen weiter behandelt werden. Dieses âhoch politisierteâ Gesetzespaket enthĂ€lt eine Reihe an VerschĂ€rfungen, etwa eine heimliche FernĂŒberwachung ĂŒber Mikrofone und Kameras von EndgerĂ€ten.
Der Menschenrechtsorganisation la Quadrature du Net bereitet aber wohl ein Gesetzeszusatz die gröĂten Sorgen, der sich gezielt gegen verschlĂŒsselte Kommunikation richtet. Der Passus soll Online-Dienste wie Signal oder WhatsApp verpflichten, Kommunikationsdaten in lesbarer Form herauszugeben und bedroht die Nichtbeachtung mit Strafen von bis zu 1,5 Millionen Euro fĂŒr natĂŒrliche Personen oder zwei Prozent des Jahresumsatzes von juristischen Personen wie Unternehmen oder Stiftungen.
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In Schweden ist ein geplantes Gesetz gegen illegale Online-Inhalte noch nicht ganz so weit. Es soll voraussichtlich erst im kommenden Jahr in den schwedischen Reichstag kommen. Die Initiative sieht laut SVT Nyheter vor, dass Messenger die Kommunikationen ihrer Nutzer:innen speichern mĂŒssen. Es sei âabsolut entscheidendâ, dass Ermittlungsbehörden Zugang zu digitaler Kommunikation erhalten, forderte der schwedische Justizminister.
Apple appeals UK encryption backdoor demand
(March 5, 2025)
Letâs say that Apple lets the order stand and simply opts out of the UK market, which is essentially what it has already done, he said. That could encourage other governments, especially those in France, Australia, and Canada, to try the same tactic.
âIf that happens, then the [UK] government has set a precedent,â Chagnon said. But if Apple succeeds in this appeal, which was reported in various media including The Financial Times, âthen Apple will have turned the tables and set their own precedent. It would be saying âNo, China, no, Germany, no, France, you canât have a backdoor.ââ
BND und Verfassungsschutz: Mit Asylversprechen FlĂŒchtlinge abgeschöpft
(14. Januar 2016)
Die „Partnerbefrager“, wie sie im internen Jargon genannt werden, saĂen nicht nur in der Zentrale der Hauptstelle in Berlin, sondern auch in den AuĂenstellen Zirndorf, NĂŒrnberg, Wiesbaden und Friedland. So konnten amerikanische und britische Dienste ungehindert auch ohne die Aufsicht des BND FlĂŒchtlinge befragen.
Mitglied der Hamas? Terror-Razzia gegen Sohn von NobelpreistrÀgern
(February 8, 2025)
Medhursts Mutter und Vater hatten 1988 als Teil eines UN-Kontingents symbolisch den Friedensnobelpreis fĂŒr die Blauhelme bekommen. Jetzt der brisante Verdacht gegen ihn nach Paragraf 278b: Mitgliedschaft in einer terroristischen Vereinigung! DafĂŒr drohen bis zu zehn Jahre Haft.
Austrian Police Detain Richard Medhurst; Accuse Him of Being Hamas Member; UK Extends Probe Against Him
(February 7, 2025)
âI categorically deny all of these accusations by the Austrian and British governments, Iâm a journalist, not a terrorist, and they bloody-well know it,â Medhurst said in his video. He added that he was a Christian being accused of belonging to Hamas, an Islamist organization resisting Israelâs occupation of Gaza.
Medhurst said the allegations by both countries were similar, but there has now been a âmassive escalationâ to accuse him of being a âmember of a proscribed organization.â The British only accuse him of supporting the proscribed organization, Hamas, through his journalism.
âThis is insanity,â he said. âThis is an attack on the entire profession, on freedom of speech, on democracy itself.â
Medhurst said he could face up to 14 years of prison in Britain, plus 2-5 years if he doesnât give them the passwords to his devices and perhaps 10 years in Austria.
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: STATE/ENTITY – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
04 Dec 2024
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
JAL
GBR 15/2024
– terrorism
– freedom of opinion and expression
– freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
– privacy
Information received concerning the potentially inappropriate use of provisions of the Terrorism Act 2000, the Terrorism Act 2006, and the Anti-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019. These provisions appear to have been employed to investigate, detain, collect data, and prosecute political activists and journalists, raising concerns about potential infringements of their fundamental
rights.
Alleged victims: 6
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According to the information received:
Powers under counter-terrorism legislation have been used on multiple occasions to examine, detain, and arrest journalists and activists, particularly at the UK border. It is alleged that journalists and activists who are critical of Western foreign policy in the context of the conflict in the Middle East and the Russia-Ukraine war are especially affected by the reported misuse of these powers. In particular, schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000, and schedule 3 of the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019, have been used to examine and obtain data from journalists and activists, including Johanna Ross (Ganyukova), John Laughland, Kit Klarenberg, Craig Murray and Richard Medhurst in circumstances where they appear to have no credible connection to âterroristâ or âhostileâ activity. Furthermore, section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 has been used to charge journalists and activists, including Richard Barnard and Richard Medhurst, for allegedly expressing support for a âproscribed organisationâ in the course of activism and media reporting.
Without having knowledge of the material that may have substantiated the investigations or charges, we raise concern about an alleged pattern of overuse, or other misuse, of counter-terrorism legislation to target legitimate freedom of expression and opinion, including public interest media reporting, and related freedoms of peaceful assembly and association, and political
dissent or activism.
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Ben Saul
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Irene Khan
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
Gina Romero
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Ana Brian NougrĂšres
Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy
United Nations Censures UK Over Abuse of Terrorism Act Against Journalists and Activists
(February 6, 2025)
Four UN Special Rapporteurs have written jointly to the UK government demanding explanation of its inappropriate persecution of journalists and political activists under the Terrorism Act. They state that those persecuted:
appear to have no credible connection to âterroristâ or âhostileâ activity
The cases taken up by the United Nations are those of Johanna Ross (Ganyukova), John Laughland, Kit Klarenberg, Craig Murray (yes, me), Richard Barnard and Richard Medhurst.
CCIA Responds to Reports of UK Demand for Worldwide Apple iCloud Access
The following can be attributed to CCIA President & CEO Matt Schruers:
âAs the recent Salt Typhoon breach makes clear, end-to-end encryption may be the only safeguard standing between Americansâ sensitive personal and business data and foreign adversaries.
âReports that Apple has been secretly ordered by the UK Government to weaken its encryption, including in the United States, are a troubling development, if accurate. Decisions about Americansâ privacy and security should be made in America, in an open and transparent fashion, not through secret orders from abroad requiring keys be left under doormats.â
Appleâs âDangerousâ iPhone Update Is Much Worse Than You Think
So, why is this worse than you think. In my view â and no one can officially comment, so âviewsâ will be all we can share â any such government action would not stop with Apple. Not to over-simplify matters, but a bad actor would simply run Googleâs helpful switch to Android software. If the U.K is going after Apple, itâs also going after Google and Meta and others. Why would they not? But Soviet-style, none of these other parties can comment or answer questions or confirm or deny.
U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on usersâ encrypted accounts
(February 7, 2025)
The law, known by critics as the Snoopersâ Charter, makes it a criminal offense to reveal that the government has even made such a demand. An Apple spokesman declined to comment.
Apple can appeal the U.K. capability notice to a secret technical panel, which would consider arguments about the expense of the requirement, and to a judge who would weigh whether the request was in proportion to the governmentâs needs. But the law does not permit Apple to delay complying during an appeal.
Apple ordered to open encrypted user accounts globally to UK spying
Appleâs iCloud backups arenât encrypted by default, but the Advanced Data Protection option was added in 2022, and must be enabled manually. It uses end-to-end encryption so that not even Apple can access encrypted files. In response to the order, Apple is expected to simply stop offering Advanced Data Protection in the UK. This wouldnât meet the UKâs demand for access to files shared by global users, however.
UK verlangt Zugriff auf verschlĂŒsselte Daten aller Apple-Nutzer weltweit
(today)
HintertĂŒren, wie die von den Briten geforderte, sind von Natur aus gefĂ€hrlich. Beim Hack der US-Kommunikationssysteme im Jahr 2024, der angeblich von chinesischen Akteuren durchgefĂŒhrt wurde, wurde eine HintertĂŒr verwendet, die die USA und andere Regierungen gefordert hatten:
„Dies ist nicht das erste Mal, dass Hacker die von CALEA vorgeschriebenen Abhör-Backdoors ausnutzen. Wie der Computersicherheitsexperte Nicholas Weaver 2015 gegenĂŒber Lawfare betonte, âmuss jede in den USA verkaufte Telefonanlage die Möglichkeit bieten, eine groĂe Anzahl von Anrufen effizient abzuhören. Und da die USA einen so groĂen Markt darstellen, bedeutet dies, dass praktisch jede weltweit verkaufte Telefonanlage die Funktion âLawful Interceptâ enthĂ€lt.â
Vor zwei Jahrzehnten wurde diese obligatorische Abhörfunktion von Hackern, die es auf Vodafone Griechenland abgesehen hatten, unterwandert. Sie fingen TelefongesprĂ€che des Premierministers des Landes und hochrangiger politischer, polizeilicher und militĂ€rischer Beamter ab.“
Snooper‘s Charter May Not ‚Increase‘ Surveillance⊠But Tries To Legalize Over A Decade Of Secret, Illegal Mass Surveillance
(November 6, 2015)
Earlier this week, we wrote about the UKâs release of its new Snooperâs Charter bill, where we noted that the government spin on it was fairly dizzying. I noted at the time that while the government kept insisting that it wasnât adding a requirement to backdoor encryption, that was misleading because the text of the bill indicated the government believed such a mandate already existed. And thatâs only the least of it. The bill and the discussion around it simply confirmed that the UK government engaged in mass surveillance for many, many years, and until now only a âtiny handfulâ of government ministers even knew about it.
Thatâs kind of astounding.
And, amazingly, the government is using this fact to argue that the new bill is a good thing because it actually âlimits and restrictsâ activity that it secretly engaged in for years and years.
UK Government Goes Full Orwell: Snooper‘s Charter, Encryption Backdoors, Free Speech Suppression
(May 28, 2015)
The old joke goes âGeorge Orwellâs 1984 was a warning, not a âhow toâ manual.â But that joke is increasingly less funny as the UK really seems to be doing everything it can to put in place Orwellâs fictitious vision â just a few decades later.
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That first sentence is about the extremism orders, but the second part may be even more troubling. Itâs the Queen making it clear that the Snooperâs Charter is returning â but even worse than before.
Starmer in Germany for first bilateral trip as UK PM
Starmer‘s Labour party had said it would seek a security and defence treaty with Germany if it won the July 4 general election, which it did by a landslide — propelling him to the premiership.
Scoop: Senior U.S. general to visit Israel to coordinate on Iran attack threat
Gen. Erik Kurilla, commander of the U.S. Central Command, is expected to meet Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and senior Israel Defense Forces officials.
Israeli officials say they are preparing for a possible unprecedented direct attack from Iranian soil using ballistic missiles, drones and cruise missiles against Israeli targets.
In such a scenario, Israel will retaliate with a direct attack against Iran, the officials said.
Biden promises Israel ‚ironclad‘ support against Iran reprisals
The US has been tight-lipped in its public reaction to the Apr 1 strike, saying it has not determined whether Israel struck a diplomatic facility, which would breach international agreements on the inviolability of embassies and consulates.
US Sees Imminent Missile Strike on Israel by Iran, Proxies
The US and its allies believe major missile or drone strikes by Iran or its proxies against military and government targets in Israel are imminent, in what would mark a significant widening of the six-month-old conflict, according to people familiar with the intelligence.
I sued the government over ‚extremism‘ and I know the game Gove is playing
The British public should realise that Muslim scapegoats today, much like the Jewish, Irish or Black scapegoats used by demagogues yesterday, are not their enemies
UK government targets Muslim groups with new definition of extremism
In an earlier statement, Gove‘s Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities said the definition had been updated to respond to an âincreased extremist threat since October 7 terror attacks in Israelâ, citing an increase in reported antisemitic and anti-Muslim hate crimes.
It said the new definition would be used by government departments and officials to help them decide which groups they should engage with and fund, and to identify âextremist organisations, individuals and behavioursâ.
But it said: âThis definition is not statutory and has no effect on the existing criminal law – it applies to the operations of Government itself.â
Where Is Hamas Getting Its Weapons? Increasingly, From Israel.
But recent intelligence has shown the extent to which Hamas has been able to build many of its rockets and anti-tank weaponry out of the thousands of munitions that failed to detonate when Israel lobbed them into Gaza, according to weapons experts and Israeli and Western intelligence officials. Hamas is also arming its fighters with weapons stolen from Israeli military bases.
Intelligence gathered during months of fighting revealed that, just as the Israeli authorities misjudged Hamasâs intentions before Oct. 7, they also underestimated its ability to obtain arms.
A staggering intelligence failure. Hard to comprehend how this was missed. Expect a massive military response in Gaza, including possible ground invasion, and potential for further escalation. All eyes on Iran as well. Thoughts with friends in Israel.
âA colossal failureâ as Gazaâs Hamas terrorists infiltrate, catch Israel unprepared
âAll of Israel is asking itself: Where is the IDF, where is the police, where is the security?â agreed Eli Maron, the former head of the Israeli Navy, alongside him in the studio. âItâs a colossal failure; the hierarchies have simply failed, with vast consequences.â
Amos Yadlin, a former IDF intelligence chief, invoked echoes of the Yom Kippur War â another attack marked by âintelligence failure,â with the enemy initiating conflict.
Britischer Geheimdienst – London: MilitĂ€risches Patt bei Ukraine-Krieg
(21.01.2023)
Im russischen Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine herrscht nach britischer EinschÀtzung derzeit ein militÀrisches Patt. Das britische Verteidigungsministerium teilte am heutigen Samstag mit:
„Der Konflikt befindet sich insgesamt in einer Sackgasse.“
Britain warns Russia against escalating the war in Ukraine after false âdirty bombâ claim
Ben Wallace refutes General Sergei Shoigu‘s allegations that the UK is helping Kyiv gather nuclear material to use on the battlefield
Destined for Downing Street? Rishi Sunak could be named PM TODAY after Boris Johnson pulls out of Tory leadership contest and Penny Mordaunt well short of the 100 supporters she needs ahead of 2pm deadline
– Rishi Sunak, who launched his bid yesterday morning, has received public backing of more than 150 Tory MPs
– As of last night, 155 MPs said they are backing Mr Sunak, while 25 had spoken out in support of Ms Mordaunt
– A further 54 who were hoping Mr Johnson would return are yet to publicly reveal to whom they will now back
– Mr Johnson earlier said he had in fact reached the ‚very high hurdle of 102 nominations‘ as he bowed out
– Ms Mordaunt‘s team, though, believe his decision to pull himself from the race will ‚propel her over the line‘
Der Fall „Curveball“: Wie ein BND-Informant den Irak-Krieg auslöste
(28.8.2011)
Diese bis heute verbreitete Darstellung ist unangenehm fĂŒr die Bundesrepublik. Deutschland steht da als ein Land, das ein Doppelspiel betrieben hat: nach auĂen den Pazifisten geben â und hintenherum ĂŒber seinen Geheimdienst einen entscheidenden Grund fĂŒr die militĂ€rische Intervention liefern. Der Bundesnachrichtendienst nahm die VorwĂŒrfe schweigend hin.
We got Brexit done â now we must capitalise on the freedoms it gave us
Second, the government would also remove the burdens of GDPR, creating in its place the most dynamic data protection regime in the world.
The EUâs Byzantine rules are preventing British tech companies from innovating and public services from sharing data to prevent crime. As any internet user can see, GDPR â with all its bureaucratic box-ticking â is clearly not working and needs to be replaced.
UK officials in line for immunity in assisting crimes overseas, say critics
Exclusive: Draft security bill would let spies and ministers enable killings and torture, warn charity and ex-minister
USA gegen Julian Assange: Jedes Mittel recht
Dabei geht es einerseits laut der Aussagen geschĂŒtzter Zeugen um eine Person, die fĂŒr die Sicherheitsabteilung der Firma Las Vegas Sands gearbeitet hat. In dieser Position soll sie Mittelsmann fĂŒr die Weiterleitung der Informationen zwischen UC Global und der CIA gewesen sein. Zudem verlangt das Gericht die IdentitĂ€t der Besitzer von IP-Adressen zu erfahren, die von den USA aus auf den Server im UC Global Hauptquartier in Spanien zugegriffen haben. Zum derzeitigen Zustand Assanges erklĂ€rte MartĂnez, der den Inhaftierten vor dem Interview am 27. MĂ€rz in Belmarsh besucht hatte: »Er ist geistig und körperlich sehr schwach. Um es deutlich zu sagen, er ist am Ende.«
New Spycatcher affair at the BBC as Government scrambles for gagging order to stop story the broadcaster insists is ‚overwhelmingly in the public interest‘
The BBC declined to comment on the details of the story, but told the Telegraph that its reporting was in the public interest.
A BBC spokesman said: ‚The Attorney General has issued proceedings against the BBC with a view to obtaining an injunction to prevent publication of a proposed BBC news story.