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Spycop HN85 Roger Pearce 'Roger Thorley' infiltrated anarchist groups 1979-84. He gave evidence to the spycops public inquiry in July 2024. The Inquiry hasn't posted video of him being questioned on its YouTube channel, so we've posted it on ours.

Thorley wrote anti-police articles while undercover. Afterwards he became a Special Branch manager before retiring in 2003 to write awful novels.

youtube.com/watch?v=FiQHX0H-Fgs

Via #CBC - Mar 12, 2025

Frmr sr #CanadianIntelligence offcls say #Canada needs 2 B on lookout 4 campaigns aimed @ destabilizing country amid US #Trump's..51st state threats
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#CIA has worked 2 destabilize many gov's & nations in the past, using methods as mundane as #corruption & as drastic as #assassination, but former #spy chiefs say campaign aimed @ Canada would likely rely less on cloak-and-dagger tactics & more on #SocialMedia, such as the #Musk-owned #X platform

cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-ann

CBC · The U.S. has covertly destabilized nations. With Canada, it's being done in publicBy Evan Dyer

A review of #Australia's #spy agencies is yet to be released, 8 months after the government got it.

The Coalition & independent experts are demanding the federal government release a long-awaited review of Australia's #intelligence agencies, warning that Labor risks undermining 2 decades of progress on intelligence transparency & accountability.

#auspol

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-11/int

ABC News · A review of Australia's spy agencies is yet to be released, eight months after the government got itBy Stephen Dziedzic
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From Malpensa to Tel Aviv: Italian police use Israeli software to spy on anti-deportation activsts

„Police violence is about more than batons. It also manifests itself through interference and encroachment into private life. Police have always used an odious set of tools to achieve this. They follow people’s movements and observe and listen to their daily lives.

Today, however, access by police forces and governments to confidential, detailed and sensitive information can be much more pervasive than one might imagine. The spyware system Paragon, that has recently come to light, is one example of this. The services provided by the Israeli company Cellebrite are another, albeit different, example.

We have written this text because we believe it may help people protect themselves from the pervasive surveillance by the authorities. We invite you to share it widely.…“

statewatch.org/news/2025/febru

www.statewatch.orgStatewatch | From Malpensa to Tel Aviv: Italian police use Israeli software to spy on anti-deportation activstsIn March last year, four people were arrested after stopping a deportation flight to Morocco leaving Milan's Malpensa airport. When they got their phones back from the police, they found a strange file – one connected with spying products designed by the Israeli firm Cellebrite.
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#Intelligence agencies treat commitments to foreign agents as sacrosanct, pledging to keep agents safe & shield their identities. Anything that jeopardized that would violate that trust, & could lead some #spy services to hold back information from the #US.

The #allies, including #Israel, #SaudiArabia & members of the so-called #FiveEyes spy #alliance of #democracies, are examining how to revise current protocols for sharing intelligence taking #Trump’s warm relations w/ #Russia into account.

Helen Steel was 22 when she fell in love with John Barker. Except he wasn't real - he was actually Special Demonstration Squad officer John Dines who'd stolen the identity of a boy who'd died of leukaemia aged 8.

They were living together, then John suddenly disappeared. Helen knew something wasn't right and did pioneering detective work that brought the spycops scandal out into the light.

inews.co.uk/culture/television

The i Paper · ‘At 22, I was tricked into a sexual relationship by an undercover policeman’Helen Steel was with madly in love with ‘John Barker’ – then he vanished. A new documentary tells her story and those of other women duped by ‘spycops’

'Alison' lived with her partner Mark Cassidy for 5 years. He integrated into her family & they spent Christmas together. He was actually married #spycops officer Mark Jenner. She is one of dozens of women similarly abused. Yesterday, she told This Morning about her experience.

On Thursday, ITV begin a 3 part documentary. Thursday March 6th on ITV at 9pm.

itv.com/thismorning/articles/e

Ah, Trump just paused all military aid to Ukraine, lifted sanctions on Russia, cancelled all cyber operations (offensive and defensive) against Russia, and fired a bunch of the Cyber team too. Oh and he took whatever classified documents he had back to Mar-A-Largo as well.

And we still aren't openly saying he's a Russian asset yet?

#Trump#Russia#Spy

Remember well that yesterday, a Russian so-called journalist 🕵️ gained entry to the Oval Office (while important agencies like Reuters and AP were excluded): reuters.com/world/russian-stat

Or to say it politely with CNN: "As the White House takes control of the pool roster, the TASS staffer’s presence represents a potential security lapse on the White House’s part." edition.cnn.com/2025/02/28/med
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